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How Much Can We Boost IQ and Scholastic Achievement

Arthur R. Jensen

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Arthur Jensen argues that the failure of recent compensatory education efforts to produce lasting effects on children's IQ and achievement suggests that the premises on which these efforts have been based should be reexamined.

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Arthur Jensen argues that the failure of recent compensatory education efforts to produce lasting effects on children's IQ and achievement suggests that the premises on which these efforts have been based should be reexamined.

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Arthur Jensen argues that the failure of recent compensatory education efforts to produce lasting effects on children's IQ and achievement suggests that the premises on which these efforts have been based should be reexamined.

Key concepts: Intelligence quotient, Academic achievement, Psychology, Compensatory education, Developmental psychology, Mathematics education, Political science, Cognition

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