" The 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 intel
The book offers a comprehensive look at the factors that contribute to the test score gap and discusses options for substantially reducing it. Jencks and Philli
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,
A scientific response to the best-selling The Bell Curve which set off a hailstorm of controversy upon its publication in 1994. Much of the public reaction to t
Black and Hispanic students are not learning enough in our public schools, and their typically poor performance is the most important source of ongoing racial i