This article addresses the issue of standardized test performance gaps, and academic
achievement gaps more generally, between White and minority students. While many
explanatory frameworks can be applied to this issue, this article specifically examines the
issue from the perspective of social psychology, which examines how individual psychology
is affected by social interactions and groups. This article reviews now classic research on
attributional ambiguity as well as stereotype and identity threat as potential precursors to …

Ferguson, like many at-risk suburbs, has largely been lost in discussions of the geography of
opportunity. The authors conducted a descriptive epidemiological case study of Ferguson
and its surrounding region with a focus on health and education indicators. Drawing from a
variety of community data sources, they used geospatial methods to investigate the
interdependence of place, education, and health across the metropolitan region. Results
revealed the nature and distribution of class and racial disparities across the region. The …