The Opportunity Gap: Achievement and Inequality in Education

by Carol Deshano Da Silva

Book Overview

The Opportunity Gap aims to shift attention from the current overwhelming emphasis on schools in discussions of the achievement gap to more fundamental questions about social and educational opportunity.

The achievement gap looms large in the current era of high-stakes testing and accountability. Yet questions persist: Has the accountability movement--and attendant discussions on the achievement gap--focused attention on the true...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0916690474
• ISBN13: 9780916690472
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: Harvard Education PR
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.