School accountability and the black-white test score gap

Social Science Research

Volumn 44, Issue , 2014, Pages 15-31

  Gaddis, S Michael ^a,b   Lauen, Douglas Lee ^c  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Achievement gap; Educational inequality; NCLB; Racial inequality; School accountability

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; EDUCATION; GOVERNMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MATHEMATICS; RACISM; READING; SCHOOL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

ACHIEVEMENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; NORTH CAROLINA; RACISM; READING; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TEACHING;

EID: 84888082401     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2013.10.008     Document Type: Article

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