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Title: The Black-White Test Score Gap by Christopher Jencks, Meredith Phillips ISBN: 0-8157-4609-1 Publisher: Brookings Institution Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)
Rating: 5
Summary: Honest and Reflective Essays on the Test Score Gap
Comment: I work in the minority affairs at a major univerity. One of the questions I often get from majority and minority students and faculty is, "why are the scores--on average--so much lower for minority students than other students". Sometimes the implied message is, are the Black students dumber? The Black-White Test Scoe Gap is the best source I know for answering this and questions without getting defensive. The book makes plain that their is not just one "answer", but many theories. I have always thought a big chunk of the problem had to do with so many lower middle class white teachers who had low expectations for Black children. Interestingly, one of the writers agrees that the gap has something to do with the teachers, but notes a different problem: teachers (regardless of race)in urban areas tend to have low standardized test scores themselves and therefore may find it difficult to improved the scores of their students. I highly recommend this book.
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Title: Black American Students in an Affluent Suburb: A Study of Academic Disengagement by John U. Ogbu, Astrid Davis ISBN: 080584516X Publisher: Lea Pub. Date: 01 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $32.50 |
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Title: Bridging the Achievement Gap by John E. Chubb, Tom Loveless ISBN: 0815714017 Publisher: Brookings Institution Press Pub. Date: 01 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: No Excuses: Closing the Racial Gap in Learning by Abigail Thernstrom, Stephan Thernstrom ISBN: 0743204468 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
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Title: The Shape of the River by William G. Bowen, Derek Bok ISBN: 0691050198 Publisher: Princeton University Press Pub. Date: 04 January, 2000 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Inequality at the Starting Gate: Social Background Differences in Achievement as Children Begin School by Valerie E. Lee, David T. Burkam ISBN: 1932066020 Publisher: Economic Policy Inst Pub. Date: 30 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $13.50 |
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