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Statewide Assessment Triggers Urban School Reform: But How High the Stakes for Urban Minorities?
| Title: | Statewide Assessment Triggers Urban School Reform: But How High the Stakes for Urban Minorities? |
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| Authors: | Parker, Lawrence |
| Source: | Education and Urban Society. May 2001 33(3):313-319. |
| Abstract: | Uses critical race theory to critique three articles on accountability, testing, and academics in schools with minority group and low-income students, raising questions about the viability of interest convergence theory in arguing that accountability promotes equity and pointing out that gender issues remain unanswered in debates focused on race and socioeconomic class. (SM) |
| Language: | English |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 7 |
| Publication Date: | 2001 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Opinion Papers |
| Descriptors: | Academic Achievement, Accountability, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Low Income Groups, Minority Group Children, Racial Bias, Sex Bias, Standardized Tests, Student Evaluation, Test Bias, Urban Education |
| ISSN: | 0013-1245 |
| Entry Date: | 2001 |
| Accession Number: | EJ627436 |
| ISSN: | 0013-1245 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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