LEADER 03436nam 2200577Ia 450 001 9910827687803321 005 20240410153811.0 010 $a0-8157-1402-5 035 $a(CKB)111087027972512 035 $a(EBL)3004384 035 $a(OCoLC)53798315 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000114738 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11129096 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000114738 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10125536 035 $a(PQKB)10768205 035 $a(OCoLC)1132225512 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse73230 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3004384 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10063845 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3004384 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111087027972512 100 $a20020802d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aBridging the achievement gap /$fJohn E. Chubb, Tom Loveless, editors 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aWashington, D.C. $cBrookings Institution Press$dc2002 215 $a1 online resource (250 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8157-1400-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction / 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. 330 $aThe 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 606 $aAcademic achievement$zUnited States 606 $aEducational equalization$zUnited States 615 0$aAcademic achievement 615 0$aEducational equalization 676 $a379.2/0973 701 $aChubb$b John E$0147665 701 $aLoveless$b Tom$f1954-$01634827 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910827687803321 996 $aBridging the achievement gap$94038672 997 $aUNINA