LEADER 04072nam 2200589 a 450 001 9910454479903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4416-3638-2 010 $a0-8157-4611-3 035 $a(CKB)1000000000713331 035 $a(EBL)3004461 035 $a(OCoLC)923615968 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000277381 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11213006 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000277381 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10235283 035 $a(PQKB)11472370 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3004461 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3004461 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10224504 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000713331 100 $a19980520d1998 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe black-white test score gap$b[electronic resource] /$fChristopher Jencks and Meredith Phillips, editors 210 $aWashington, D.C. $cBrookings Institution Press$dc1998 215 $a1 online resource (535 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8157-4610-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe 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. 330 $aThe 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... 606 $aDiscrimination in education$zUnited States 606 $aEducational tests and measurements$zUnited States 606 $aTest bias$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aDiscrimination in education 615 0$aEducational tests and measurements 615 0$aTest bias 676 $a371.26/01/3 701 $aJencks$b Christopher$0155887 701 $aPhillips$b Meredith$0916019 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454479903321 996 $aThe black-white test score gap$92053507 997 $aUNINA