The logic of "The influence of race and social class on "high stakes" test performance in the 1990s".

1.The main purpose of this article is to allow the reader to draw his or her own conclusions on and explore the theories that have been presented as explanations for the reasons and ways that race, social class, and ethnicity are believed (by a number of researchers) to influence the educational outcomes as measured by standardized, "high stakes" performance tests.
2.The key question that the author is addressing is an accumulation of many. In part, because it is not exactly a one-part question. After thoroughly reading the article, I find that it would be "What are the stakes in 'high st…