<p>“I wonder if the researchers were able to look at SES as part of the study. I associate higher test scores with a higher socioeconomic status. It doesn’t surprise me that people from a higher SES would earn higher grades; they likely came from better funded school districts.”</p>
<p>It’s typical for high scoring blacks to be high SES just like is typically the case with whites, so it’s likely the high scoring blacks in the study were high SEs. The below was interesting, too. </p>
<p>"The roommate’s race had no effect on the grades of white students or low-scoring black students. "</p>