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Filling in the Blanks

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O knihe

A volume in Contemporary Perspectives in Race and Ethnic Relations
Series Editors:M. Christopher Brown II, Alcorn State University
and T. Elon Dancy II, University of Oklahoma
Filling in the Blanks is a book dedicated to helping policymakers, researchers, academics and teachers,
better understand standardized testing and the Black-White achievement gap. This book provides a wealth
of background information, as well as the most recent findings, about testing and measurement concepts
essential to understanding standardized tests. The book then reviews theories and research that has been
conducted which explain the differences in performance between Black and White test takers on many
standardized tests. Most notably, Filling in the Blanks presents several new theories that address why Black
students do not perform as well as their White counterparts. These theories present very novel and
innovative perspectives to understanding these test performance differences. The book ends with a host of recommendations that are intended to
address the concerns and questions of several stakeholder groups. .
The series centers on volumes that treat race and ethnicity in conjunction or parallel with social sciences, human studies, public policy, and/or
education and that disseminate ideas and strategies useful for various communities against a backdrop of race and/or ethnicity in America. Books in
this series foreground novel thinking about race and ethnicity, important policy/praxis issues, developing trends and responses across society, and the
concerns of public and/or institutional constituencies. To the extent possible, books in the series explore the interconnection of multiple perspectives,
while concurrently articulating implications resultant from the intersections of race/ethnicity (i.e.
gender, class, sexual orientation, creed, ability). Each volume investigates one or more critical topics
missing from the extant literature, and engages one or more theoretical perspectives.