Fryer and Levitt argue that the elimination of "the test score gap that arises by the end of junior high school may be a critical component of reducing racial wage inequality."

两人认为，在初中结束前消除考分差距，“可能会是减少种族工资不平等过程的一个重要组成部分。”

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But by 2012, city children in third and fourth-grades had narrowed the test-score gap on math with their peers throughout the state but fell a few points short of pulling even.

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The New Zealander stepped inside a weak challenge from opposite number Arlidge and slid in, converting his own score to reduce the gap to 10-7.

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And it took just three minutes for the next as Orford bulldozed his way over before converting his own score to cut the gap to eight points and bring the crowd to life.

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