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The black-white test score gap
1998, Brookings Institution Press
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0815746105 9780815746102
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Table of Contents
The black-white test score gap : an introduction / Christopher Jencks and Meredith Phillips
Test bias, heredity, and home environment. Racial bias in testing / Christopher Jencks
Race, genetics, and IQ / Richard E. Nisbett
Family background, parenting practices, and the black-white test score gap / Meredith Phillips, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Greg J. Duncan, Pamela Klebanov, and Jonathan Crane
How and why the gap has changed. Black-white test score convergence since 1965 / Larry V. Hedges and Amy Nowell
Why did the black-white score gap narrow in the 1970s and 1980s? / David Grissmer, Ann Flanagan, and Stephanie Williamson
The impact of schools and culture. Does the black-white test score gap widen after children enter school? / Meredith Phillips, James Crouse, and John Ralph
Teachers' perceptions and expectations and the black-white test score gap / Ronald F. Ferguson
Can schools narrow the black-white test score gap? / Ronald F. Ferguson
The burden of "acting white" : do black adolescents disparage academic achievement? / Philip J. Cook and Jens Ludwig
Stereotype threat and the test performance of academically successful African Americans / Claude M. Steele and Joshua Aronson
Do test scores matter? Racial and ethnic preferences in college Admissions / Thomas J. Kane
Scholastic aptitude test scores, race, and academic performance in selective colleges and universities / Fredrick E. Vars and William G. Bowen
Basic skills and the black-white earnings gap / William R. Johnson and Derek Neal
Commentary. The role of the environment in the black-white test score gap / William Julius Wilson.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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