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Direct linkDorans, Neil J. – Harvard Educational Review, 2004
The Editorial Board welcomes comments on articles, reviews, and letters that have appeared in the "Harvard Educational Review." Longer pieces are published in this "Further Comment" section, in full or in part, at the Editors' discretion. Authors of the articles under discussion are invited to respond. In this section, the…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Test Bias, African Americans, Hispanic Americans
Download full textStearns, Elizabeth – Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy, 2002
A gap in standardized achievement-test scores among different groups of students has existed since the inception of standardized testing. The gap between white and African-American schoolchildren was the primary impetus behind much of the social policy devoted to desegregating schools in the second half of the past century. Through a combination…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Standardized Tests, Academic Achievement, Educational Policy
