Children's Learning Skills: A Cautionary Note on Ethnic Differences

Abstract

In the summer term of their first year in junior schooling, pupils of seven schools in the West Midlands were tested for attainments in reading, spelling and number. Ninety-one children were from Asian families and 149 children were of indigenous parentage. About three years earlier all subjects had been rated on Part I of the Guide to the Child's Learning Skills, the predictive validity of which is supported by the attainment testing. The linear regression slopes of attainments on ratings do not differ significantly between the ethnic samples.