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Re: Some mates are seeing red!

Eric Osberg
12.3.2008

I'm not siding with those who fear the red pen, but colors can matter ??? here's a description of a study which found referees in fencing were biased toward those wearing red (rather than blue), and the same writer points to other research showing that hockey and football players wearing black uniforms act more aggressively, and are perceived as being more aggressive. But what I really want to know is, does the color of school uniforms affect test scores?

Field hockey photograph by KamalSell from Flickr

Eric Osberg is the Director of Finance and Operations at the in Bethesda, Maryland, a Catholic, independent college preparatory school for girls, serving students from Pre-K–12.

From 2002 to 2010, Osberg served as the Vice President and Treasurer of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute and was also a Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution. He was primarily responsible for financial and managerial issues at…

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