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Steady gains and stalled progress : inequality and the black-white test score gap /

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Magnuson, Katherine A., Waldfogel, Jane
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Russell Sage Foundation, [2008]
Subjects:
Educational tests and measurements > Social aspects > United States.
Educational equalization > United States.
Table of 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.