At all five selected percentiles, writing scores for twelfth-graders whose parents attended college were higher than the scores for their peers whose parents had lower levels of education.
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At all five selected percentiles, writing scores for twelfth-graders whose parents attended college were higher than the scores for their peers whose parents had lower levels of education.