03127nam a2200385 a 4500 ebr10224504 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 980520s1998 dcua sb 001 0 eng d 98025316 0815746105 (cloth : alk. paper) 0815746091 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780815746102 9780815746119 CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)290569417 n-us--- LC212.2 .B53 1998eb 371.26/01/3 21 The black-white test score gap [electronic resource] / Christopher Jencks and Meredith Phillips, editors. Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c1998. x, 523 p. : ill. Includes bibliographical references and index. 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. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Discrimination in education United States. Educational tests and measurements United States. Test bias United States. Electronic books. local Jencks, Christopher. Phillips, Meredith. ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10224504 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 40075 40075