White and Black students share only one common
predictor beyond suspensions and being held back, parental
involvement, and Black and Hispanic students share no additional
common predictors. The Phase II models also accounted
for only slightly more variance than those in Phase I. Finally,
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ping out, we conclude, as in our first study, that gaps within
groups may be more significant than those between groups.