Literature Review

"No Excuses! How to Increase Minority Student Achievement", School Improvement Network

"Are We Barking Up the Wrong Tree? Rethinking Oppositional Culture Explanations for the Black/White Achievement Gap", John B. Diamond

"The Silent Epidemic -- Perspectives of High School Dropouts", A report by Civic Enterprises in association with Peter D. Hart Research Associates for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, March 2006

"How lifestyle factors and classroom culture affect black-white differences; an interview with Ronald Ferguson", Harvard Education Letter, Nov/Dec 2006

 "Reading Comprehension Requires Knowledge -- of Words and the World"
Hirsch, E. D., Jr.

"What Can Schools, Communities, and Families Do about the Achievement Gap?"

Kober, N. (2001)

Learning Point Associates

>Can the Achievement Gaps be Overcome?

>>How to Close the Achievement Gaps: Research and Policy

>>>Schools and Communities

"UC Berkeley Study Finds That Girls With ADHD Continue to Struggle Academically And Socially In Adolescence"

Medical News Today, 7/2/06

"Reading Disabilities Put Students at Risk for Suicidal Thoughts and Behavior, Dropping Out of School"

Education Research Report

"Drs. Sally and Bennett Shaywitz on Brain Research and Reading"

Schwab Learning, May 1999

“Closing the Achievement Gap by Detracking”

Carol Corbett Burris and Kevin G. Welner

Phi Delta Kappen, April 2005

“Why Does the Gap Persist?”

Paul E. Barton

>Publications

>>Educational Leadership

>>>Archived Issues

>>>> November 2004

“What Can Schools Do to Reduce the Achievement Gap?”

Educational Research Service On the Same Page Series, 2001

“The Black-White Test Score Gap”

Some of the ideas and findings from the following source:

Jencks, C., & Phillips, M. (1998). The black-white test score gap: an introduction. In C. Jencks and M. Phillips (Eds.), The black-white test score gap (pp. 1-51). Washington, DC: Brookings Institution.

>Learn about the Achievement Gaps by topic

>>Why Do the Achievement Gaps Exist?

>>>Explanations

“Reframing the Achievement Gap”

Robert Evans, Ed.D.

>Publications

“Overcoming the Income Gap”

Anne Nelson

>News & Issues

>> Policy Publications

>>> Infobrief

>>>> Fall 2006

“Closing the Gap: An Overview”

Anne Rogers Poliakoff

>Publications

>> Newsletters

>>> Infobrief

>>>> Archived Issues

>>>>> January 2006

“What Matters When Trying to Understand the Educational Achievement Gap Between Black and White Students?”