| Description |
viii, 355 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Inequality and black-white achievement trends in the NAEP / Katherine Magnuson, Dan T. Rosenbaum, and Jane Waldfogel -- Changes in families, schools, and the test score gap / Mark Berends and Roberto V. Peñaloza -- Income inequality and racial gaps in test scores / Mary E. Campbell, Robert Haveman, Tina Wildhagen, and Barbara L. Wolfe -- Can gaps in the quality of early environments and noncognitive skills help explain persisting black-white achievement gaps? / David Grissmer and Elizabeth Eiseman -- Segregation and the test score gap / Jacob L. Vigdor and Jens Ludwig -- The role of inequality in teacher quality / Sean P. Corcoran and William N. Evans -- Culture and stalled progress in narrowing the black-white test score gap / Meredith Phillips -- School policies and the test score gap / Helen F. Ladd -- What we've learned about stalled progress in closing the black-white achievement gap / Ronald F. Ferguson. |
| Subject |
Educational tests and measurements -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Educational equalization -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Magnuson, Katherine A.
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Waldfogel, Jane.
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| ISBN |
0871545675 |
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9780871545671 |
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