" 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

Contemporary public policy assumes that the achievement gap between black and white students could be closed if only schools would do a better job. According to