REL 2004 Policy Forum
Closing the Achievement Gap: School Resources and Beyond
September 27-28, 2004
Austin, TX
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Publications
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Barton, P. E. (2003). Parsing the achievement gap: Baselines for
tracking progress. Policy Information Center. Princeton, NJ.
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Bernal, V., Gilmore, L. A., Mellgren, L., Melandez, J., Seleme-McDermott,
C., & Vazquez, L. (2000). Hispanic fathers and family literacy:
Strengthening achievement in Hispanic communities. U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services. Washington, DC.
http://fatherhood.hhs.gov/hispanic01/index.htm
Bogenschneider, K., & Johnson, C. (2004). Family involvement in education:
How important is it? What can legislators do? In K. Bogenschneider &
E. Gross (Eds.), A policymaker’s guide to school finance: Approaches
to use and questions ask (Wisconsin Family Impact Seminar Briefing
Report No. 20, 54 pages). Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Center
for Excellence in Family Studies.
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Borman, G. D. & Kimball, S. M. (April, 2004). Teacher quality and
educational equality: Do teachers with higher standards-based evaluation
ratings close student achievement gaps? Consortium for Policy Research
in Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Madison, WI. CPRE-UW
Working Paper Series TC-O4-12.
http://www.wcer.wisc.edu/cpre/papers/
pdf/Teacher_Equity_AERA04TE.pdf
Casserly, M. (March, 2004). Beating the odds: A city-by-city analysis
of student performance and achievement gaps on state assessments results
from the 2002-2003 school year. The Council of Great City Schools.
Washington, DC.
http://www.cgcs.org/Page/112
Chubb, J. E. & Loveless, T. (2002) Bridging the achievement
gap. Brookings Institution Press. Washington, DC.
http://www.brookings.edu/research/books/2002/bridgingtheachievementgap
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Conchas, G. Q. (2001). Structuring failure and success: Understanding
the variability in Latino school engagement. Harvard Educational Review,
71, 475-504.
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Gottfredson, L. S. (2000). Skills gaps, not tests, make racial proportionality
impossible. Psychology, Public Policy and Law, 6, 129-143.
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Haycock, K. (2002). State policy levers: Closing the achievement gap.
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Henderson, A. T. & Mapp, K. L. (2002). A new wave of evidence:
The impact of school, family, and community connections on student achievement.
Southwest Educational Development Laboratory. Austin, TX.
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Herman, M. R. (2002). The black-white-other test score gap: Academic
achievement among mixed race adolescents. Institute for Policy. Evanston,
IL. IPR Research Working Paper WP-02-31.
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2002/WP-02-31.pdf
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score gap. Washington, DC: Brookings Institute Press.
http://www.brookings.org/press/books/blckwhit.htm
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Kober, N. (2001). It takes more than testing: Closing the achievement
gap. Center on Education Policy.
http://www.ctredpol.org/improvingpublicschools/closingachievementgap.pdf
Lee, J. (2002). Racial and ethnic achievement gap trends: Reversing
the progress toward equity? Educational Researcher, 31, 3-12.
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Lee, V. E. & Burkam, D. T. (2002). Inequality at the starting gate: Social background differences in achievement as children begin school. Economic Policy Institute. Washington, DC. http://www.epinet.org/content.cfm/books_starting_gate
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gap: Using the Environment as an Integrating Context for Learning. State
Education and Environment Roundtable. San Diego, CA.
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Lopez, G. R. (2001). The value of hard work: Lessons on parent involvement
from an (im)migrant household. Harvard Educational Review, 71,
416-437.
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Miller, L. S. (1999).Reaching the top: A Report of the National Task Force on Minority High Achievement. College Board Publications. New York. http://www.collegeboard.com/repository/reachingthe_3952.pdf
McCroskey, J., Picus, L.O., Yoo, J., Marsenich, L., & Robillard, E. (2004). Show Me the Money: Estimating Public Expenditures to Improve Outcomes for Children, Families, and Communities. Children & Schools, 26(3), 165-174. http://titania.naswpressonline.org/vl=1292074/ cl=33/nw=1/rpsv/cw/vhosts/nasw/01627961/latest.htm
National Black Caucus of State Legislators. (November, 2001). Closing
the achievement gap: Improving educational outcomes for African American
children. NBCSL, Committee on Elementary and Secondary Education.
Washington, DC.
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and black-white inequality. U.S. Department of Education.
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Phillips, K. R. (2004). State policies that affect working families.
The Urban Institute, Program to Asess Changing Social Policies. Washington,
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best education possible. Kensington Press. New York.
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Reeves, C. (2003). Implementing the No Child Left Behind Act: Implications
for rural schools and districts. North Central Regional Educational
Laboratory. Oak Brook, IL.
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Rothman, R. (2002). Closing the achievement gap: How schools are making
it happen. The Journal of the Annenberg Challenge, 5 (2), 1-11.
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Rothstein, R. (2004). Class and schools: Using social, economic,
and educational reform to close the Black-White achievement gap. Economic
Policy Institute. Teachers College, Columbia University.
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Sadowski, M. (2001, November/December). Closing the gap one school at
a time. Harvard Education Letter.
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Singham, M. (2003). The achievement gap: Myths and reality. Phi
Delta Kappan, 84 (8), 586-591.
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The Education Alliance. (2004). Closing the achievement gap: A focus on rural schools. The Education Alliance Business and Community for Public Schools. Charleston, WV. http://www.educationalliance.org/RuralSchools.pdf
Thernstrom, A. & Thernstrom, S. (2003). No excuses: Closing
the racial gap in learning. Simon & Schuster, Inc. New York.
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Weiss, S. (2004). Research sheds new light on the Hispanic-White achievement
gap. The Progress of Education Reform, 6 (3), 1-6.
http://www.ecs.org/clearinghouse/53/97/5397.pdf
Williams, B. (2003). Closing the achievement gap: A vision for changing
beliefs and practices. Association for Supervision and Curriculum
Development. Alexandria, VA.
http://www.ascd.org/publications/books/2003williams/
2003williamstoc.html
Internet Resources
American Association of University Women:
http://www.aauw.org/search/index_action.cfml
American Youth Policy Forum:
http://www.aypf.org/pubs.htm
Center for Education Policy:
http://www.ctredpol.org/improvingpublicschools/closingachievementgap/css/closingachievementgap_1.htm
Council of the Great City Schools:
http://www.cgcs.org/Page/112
Education Commission of the States:
http://www.ecs.org/html/issue.asp?issueid=117&subissueID=303 (Link no longer works - 2013)
Harvard Education Letter:
http://hepg.org/main/hel/Index.html
Harvard Family Research Project:
http://www.gse.harvard.edu/~hfrp/pubs/pubslist.html#FSCHead
Institute for Urban and Minority Education:
http://iume.tc.columbia.edu/reports/praxis5.html
http://iume.tc.columbia.edu/pathways/achieve3/academic.asp
National Center for Education Statistics:
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2003353
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2003067
National Clearinghouse for Comprehensive School Reform:
http://www.goodschools.gwu.edu/pubs/annual/csrconsp03.pdf
National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future:
http://www.nctaf.org/article/index.php?g=0&c=4&sc=17&a=244
National Education Association:
http://www.nea.org/priorityschools/index.html
National Governor’s Association:
http://www.subnet.nga.org/educlear/achievement/
National Office for Rural Measurement and Evaluation Systems:
http://normes.uark.edu/alert/
National School Boards Association
http://www.nsba.org/site/page.asp?TRACKID=&CID=776&DID=9643
National Urban League:
http://nul.iamempowered.com/
North Central Regional Educational Laboratory:
http://www.ncrel.org/gap/what.htm (Link no longer works - 2012)
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development:
http://www.oecd.org/document/
7/0,2340,en_2649_201185_33712135_1_1_1_1,00.html
Public Education Network:
http://www.publiceducation.org/cgi-bin/nclborderform/orderform.asp
The American Prospect:
http://www.prospect.org/web/page.ww?
section=root&name=ViewPrint&articleId=4640 (Link no longer works - 2012)
The Education Trust:
http://www2.edtrust.org/EdTrust/achievement+in+america.htm
The Rural School and Community Trust:
http://www.ruraledu.org/docs/sapss/nat_sum.html (Link no longer works - 2012)
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