African-American Teens Discuss Their Schooling Experiences

by Gail L. Thompson

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"