Black-White Test Score Gap.
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| Language: | English |
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Brookings Institution Press,
1998
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Table of Contents:
- ""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""1. The Black-White Test Score Gap: An Introduction""; ""Part I: Test Bias, Heredity, and Home Environment""; ""2. Racial Bias in Testing""; ""3. Race, Genetics, and IQ""; ""4. Family Background, Parenting Practices, and the Black-White Test Score Gap""; ""Part II: How and Why the Gap Has Changed""; ""5. Black-White Test Score Convergence since 1965""; ""6. Why Did the Black-White Score Gap Narrow in the 1970s and 1980s?""; ""Part III: The Impact of Schools and Culture""
- ""7. Does the Black-White Test Score Gap Widen after Children Enter School?""""8. Teachers' Perceptions and Expectations and the Black-White Test Score Gap""; ""9. Can Schools Narrow the Black-White Test Score Gap?""; ""10. The Burden of ""Acting White"": Do Black Adolescent Disparage Academic Achievement?""; ""11. Stereotype Threat and the Test Performance of Academically Successful African Americans""; ""Part IV: Do Test Scores Matter?""; ""12. Racial and Ethnic Preferences in College Admissions""
- ""13. Scholastic Aptitude Test Scores, Race, and Academic Performance in Selective Colleges and Universities""""14. Basic Skills and the Black-White Earnings Gap""; ""Part V: Commentary""; ""15. The Role of the Environment in the Black-White Test Score Gap""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""
