Toward excellence with equity
Subtitle: an emerging vision for closing the achievement gap
By: by Ronald F. Ferguson.
Publisher: Harvard Education Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Cambridge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 375
ISBN-13: 9781891792786
Subjects: Educational equalization -- United States; Academic achievement -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-360) and index.
Table of contents: title: Shifting challenges: fifty years of economic change toward Black-White earnings equality; title: Test-score trends along racial lines, 1971 to 1996: popular culture and community academic standards; title: Can schools narrow the Black-White test score gap?; title: Teachers' perceptions and expectations and the Black-White test score gap; title: A diagnostic analysis of Black-White GPA disparities in Shaker Heights, Ohio; title: What doesn't meet the eye: understanding and addressing racial disparities in high-achieving suburban schools; title: Appendix: The Tripod Project; title: Five challenges to effective teacher professional development; title: Toward excellence with equity: the role of parenting and transformative school reform; title: Conclusion: Urgency and possibility: a call for a national movement.