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001 2007932119
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050 00 $aLC213.2$b.F47 2007
082 04 $a379.260973$222
100 1 $aFerguson, Ronald F.
245 10 $aToward excellence with equity :$ban emerging vision for closing the achievement gap /$cby Ronald F. Ferguson.
260 $aCambridge :$bHarvard Education Press,$c2007
300 $a375 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 305-360) and index.
505 0 $aShifting challenges: fifty years of economic change toward Black-White earnings equality -- Test-score trends along racial lines, 1971 to 1996: popular culture and community academic standards -- Can schools narrow the Black-White test score gap? -- Teachers' perceptions and expectations and the Black-White test score gap -- A diagnostic analysis of Black-White GPA disparities in Shaker Heights, Ohio -- What doesn't meet the eye: understanding and addressing racial disparities in high-achieving suburban schools -- Appendix: The Tripod Project -- Five challenges to effective teacher professional development -- Toward excellence with equity: the role of parenting and transformative school reform -- Conclusion: Urgency and possibility: a call for a national movement.
650 0 $aEducational equalization$zUnited States.
650 0 $aAcademic achievement$zUnited States.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1511/2007932119-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1511/2007932119-d.html