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

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Contents About the Authors vii Introduction 1 Katherine Magnuson and Jane Waldfogel PART I A LONG-TERM VIEW 31 Chapter 1 Inequality and Black-White Achievement Trends in the NAEP 33 Katherine Magnuson, Dan T. Rosenbaum, and Jane Waldfogel Chapter 2 Changes in Families, Schools, and the Test Score Gap 66 Mark Berends and Roberto V. Peñaloza Chapter 3 Income Inequality and Racial Gaps in Test Scores 110 Mary E. Campbell, Robert Haveman, Tina Wildhagen, and Barbara L. Wolfe PART II EXPLAINING GAPS AT SCHOOL ENTRY AND DURING SCHOOL 137 Chapter 4 Can Gaps in the Quality of Early Environments and Noncognitive Skills Help Explain Persisting Black-White Achievement Gaps? 139 David Grissmer and Elizabeth Eiseman Chapter 5 Segregation and the Test Score Gap 181 Jacob L. Vigdor and Jens Ludwig Chapter 6 The Role of Inequality in Teacher Quality 212 Sean P. Corcoran and William N. Evans Chapter 7 Culture and Stalled Progress in Narrowing the Black-White Test Score Gap 250 Meredith Phillips PART III CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS 287 Chapter 8 School Policies and the Test Score Gap 289 Helen F. Ladd Chapter 9 What We’ve Learned About Stalled Progress in Closing the Black-White Achievement Gap 320 Ronald F. Ferguson Index 345 vi Contents ...