The black-white test score gap / Christopher Jencks and Meredith Phillips, editors.
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| Year of Publication: | 1998 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | x, 523 p. :; ill. |
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Table of 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.