The black-white test score gap / Christopher Jencks and Meredith Phillips, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jencks, Christopher.

Phillips, Meredith.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Discrimination in education--United States.

Discrimination in education.

Educational tests and measurements--United States.

Educational tests and measurements.

Test bias--United States.

Test bias.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (535 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The test score gap between blacks and whites--on vocabulary, reading, and math tests, as well as on tests that claim to measure scholastic aptitude and intelligence--is large enough to have far-reaching social and economic consequences. In their introduction to this book, Christopher Jencks and Meredith Phillips argue that eliminating the disparity would dramatically reduce economic and educational inequality between blacks and whites. Indeed, they think that closing the gap would do more to promote racial equality than any other strategy now under serious discussion. The book offers a comprehensive...

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4416-3638-2

0-8157-4611-3

OCLC:

923615968