Bridging the achievement gap / John E. Chubb, Tom Loveless, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chubb, John E.

Loveless, Tom, 1954-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Academic achievement--United States.

Academic achievement.

Educational equalization--United States.

Educational equalization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (250 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The achievement gap between white students and African American and Hispanic students has been debated by scholars and lamented by policymakers since it was first documented in 1966. The average black or Hispanic secondary school student currently achieves at about the same level as the average white student in the lowest quartile of white achievement. Black and Hispanic students are much less likely than white students to graduate from high school, acquire a college or advanced degree, or earn a middle-class living. They are also much more likely than whites to suffer social problems that oft

Contents:

Introduction / John Chubb and Tom Loveless

Would smaller classes help close the Black-white achievement gap? / Alan B. Krueger and Diane M. Whitmore

Exploring explanations for ethnic differences in voucher impacts on student test scores / Paul E. Peterson and William G. Howell

Reducing the gap : success for all and the achievement of African-American and Latino students / Robert E. Slavin and Nancy A. Madden

Achievement of African-American students in the Wisconsin SAGE Program's reduced size classes / Alex Molnar ... [et al.]

The Lone Star gamble : high-stakes testing, accountability, and student achievement in Texas / Laurence A. Toenjes ... [et al.]

Getting the answers right / Abigail Thernstrom and Stephan Thernstrom

High achievement in mathematics : lessons from three Los Angeles elementary schools / David Klein

Track assignment and the Black-white test score gap : divergent and convergent evidence from 1980 and 1990 sophomores / Samuel R. Lucas and Adam Gamoran

The role of federal resources in closing the achievement gaps of minority and disadvantaged students / Ann Flanagan and David Grissmer.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780815714026

0815714025

OCLC:

53798315