Steady Gains and Stalled Progress Inequality and the Black-White Test Score Gap

Name: Steady Gains and Stalled Progress Inequality and the Black-White Test Score Gap
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ISBN: 9780871544735

ISBN-10: 0871544733

ISBN-13: 9780871544735

Edition: 2008

Authors: Katherine Magnuson, Jane Waldfogel

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Addressing the disparity in test scores between black and white children remains one of the greatest social challenges of our time. Between the 1960s and 1980s, tremendous strides were made in closing the achievement gap, but that remarkable progress halted abruptly in the mid 1980s, and stagnated throughout the 1990s. How can we understand these shifting trends and their relation to escalating economic inequality? In Steady Gains and Stalled Progress, interdisciplinary experts present a groundbreaking analysis of the multifaceted reasons behind the test score gap and the policies that hold the greatest promise for renewed progress in the future. Steady Gains and Stalled Progress shows that…

Book details

List price: $45.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
Publication date: 10/1/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 363
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English

Jane Waldfogel is Professor of Social Work and Public Affairs at Columbia University.