African-American Teens Discuss Their Schooling Experiences

by Gail L. Thompson

Book Overview

For decades, researchers and policymakers have grappled with the issue of the underachievement of African American students. An age-old problem has been that these students on average lag behind their peers of other racial/ethnic groups in math, science, and reading. Recently, California, like some other states, has implemented a high-stakes standardized testing program that has revealed that when test scores are disaggregated along racial/ethnic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0897898435
• ISBN13: 9780897898430
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"