Solving the Achievement Gap Overcoming the Structure of School Inequ
This book examines the cause of the student achievement gap, suggesting that the prevailing emphasis on socioeconomic factors, sociocultural influences, and teacher quality is misplaced. The cause of the achievement gap is not differences in parenting sty
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stuart s. yeh
Solving the Achievement Gap
Stuart S. Yeh
Solving the Achievement Gap Overcoming the Structure of School Inequality
Stuart S. Yeh University of Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
ISBN 978-1-137-58765-7 (hardcover) ISBN 978-1-137-58767-1 (eBook) ISBN 978-1-137-58766-4 (softcover) DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-58767-1 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016956397 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Cover illustration: © PhotoAlto / Alamy Stock Photo Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Nature America Inc. The registered company address is: 1 New York Plaza, New York, NY 10004, U.S.A.
Acknowledgments
I thank Lyn Corno and Teachers College Record for publishing articles that challenge conventional wisdom. I also thank Steve Glazerman, Dan Goldhaber, Edward Haertel, Cory Koedel, Susanna Loeb, Joseph Ritter, Michael Rodriguez, and Douglas Staiger for comments on earlier drafts of articles that are adapted here as book chapters. Figure 5.1 is adapted from Journal of Experimental Child Psychology vol. 8, no. 1, Smith, Donald E. P., Dale Brethower, and Raymond Cabot. “Increasing Task Behavior in a Language Arts Program by Providing Reinforcement,” page 48, copyright 1969, with permission from Elsevier. Figure 5.2 is adapted from Journal of Experimental Child Psychology vol. 8, no. 1, Smith, Donald E. P., Dale Brethower, and Raymond Cabot. “Increasing Task Behavior in a Language Arts Program by Providing Reinforcement,” page 58, copyright 1969, with permission from Elsevier. Figure 5.5 and Figure 10.1 are adapted from Journal of Education Finance vol. 36, no. 1, Yeh, Stuart S. “The Cost-Effectiveness of 22 Approaches for Raising Student Achievement,” page 63, copyright 2010, with permission from the Journal of Education Finance. Table 5.1 is adapted from Journal of Education Finance vol. 36, no
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