In this article, the author focuses on how names affect children's performance on tests and cites the study of a University of Florida researcher regarding teacher's expectations for children. Economics professor David Figlio says children with unique or unusual sounding names do worse on standardized tests than their siblings who have more conventional names. According to Figlio, teachers see certain names as signals that students are from low-income homes, and, in turn, they do not expect these children to perform as well as their classmates.