Generational change : closing the test score gap /

Generational change : closing the test score gap / edited by Paul E. Peterson. - Lanham [Md.] : Rowman & Littlefield, c2006. - v, 216 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

Toward the elimination of race differences in educational achievement / Paul E. Peterson -- How families and schools shape the achievement gap / Derek Neal -- Putting education into preschools / Ron Haskins -- Losing ground at school / Roland G. Fryer, Jr. and Steven D. Levitt -- Lessons learned from school desegregation / David J. Armor -- Early returns from school accountability / Eric A. Hanushek and Margaret E. Raymond -- School choice by mortgage or design / Patrick J. Wolf -- Many causes, no easy solutions / Chester E. Finn Jr.

074254608X (cloth : alk. paper) 0742546098 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2005020328


Educational equalization--United States.
Academic achievement--United States.
African Americans--Education.


United States--Race relations.

LC 213.2 / .G455 2006