TY - BOOK AU - Chubb,John E. AU - Loveless,Tom TI - Bridging the achievement gap SN - 9780815714002 AV - LC213.2 .B74 2002 PY - 2002/// CY - Washington, D.C., Wash. PB - Brookings Institution Press KW - Educational equalization KW - United States KW - Academic achievement N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction / John Chubb and Tom Loveless -- Would smaller classes help close the Black-white achievement gap? / Alan B. Krueger and Diane M. Whitmore -- Exploring explanations for ethnic differences in voucher impacts on student test scores / Paul E. Peterson and William G. Howell -- Reducing the gap : success for all and the achievement of African-American and Latino students / Robert E. Slavin and Nancy A. Madden -- Achievement of African-American students in the Wisconsin SAGE Program's reduced size classes / Alex Molnar ... [et al.] -- The Lone Star gamble : high-stakes testing, accountability, and student achievement in Texas / Laurence A. Toenjes ... [et al.] -- Getting the answers right / Abigail Thernstrom and Stephan Thernstrom -- High achievement in mathematics : lessons from three Los Angeles elementary schools / David Klein -- Track assignment and the Black-white test score gap : divergent and convergent evidence from 1980 and 1990 sophomores / Samuel R. Lucas and Adam Gamoran -- The role of federal resources in closing the achievement gaps of minority and disadvantaged students / Ann Flanagan and David Grissmer UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=91890&site=ehost-live&scope=site ER -