Chapter 1: The Black-White Test Score Gap: An Introduction
Part 1: Test Bias, Heredity, and Home Environment
Chapter 2: Racial Bias in Testing
Chapter 3: Race, Genetics, and IQ
Chapter 4: Family Background, Parenting Practices, and the Black-White Test Score Gap
Part 2: How and Why the Gap has Changed
Chapter 5: Black-White Test Score Convergence since 1965
Chapter 6: Why Did the Black-White Score Gap Narrow in the 1970s and 1980s?
Part 3: The Impact of Schools and Culture
Chapter 7: Does the Black-White Test Score Gap Widen after Children Enter School?
Chapter 8: Teachers' Perceptions and Expectations and the Black-White Test Score Gap
Chapter 9: Can Schools Narrow the Black-White Test Score Gap?
Chapter 10: The Burden of "Acting White": Do Black Adolescents Disparage Academic Achievement?
Chapter 11: Stereotype Threat and the Test Performance of Academically Successful African Americans
Part 4: Do Test Scores Matter?
Chapter 12: Racial and Ethnic Preferences in College Admissions
Chapter 13: Scholastic Aptitude test Scores, Race, and Academic Performance in Selective Colleges and Universities
Chapter 14: Basic Skills and the Black-White Earning Gap
Part 5: Commentary
Chapter 15: The Role of the Environment in Black-White Test Score Gap
Index
Contributors
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