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Why eurocentric literacy measures may be creating the illusion that black students are underperforming.

Smith, Patriann, Kumi-Yeboah, Alex, Chang, Rong and Lee, Jaehoon (2020) Why eurocentric literacy measures may be creating the illusion that black students are underperforming. USApp – American Politics and Policy Blog (22 Jun 2020). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

Many have written about the apparent ongoing ‘achievement gap’ between young Black and White students, but in new research Patriann Smith and colleagues write that this ‘gap’ may not give a true picture of Black students’ literacy.

Item Type: Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/
Additional Information: © 2020 The Author(s)
Divisions: LSE
Subjects: L Education > LB Theory and practice of education
H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races
H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
Date Deposited: 23 Jul 2020 14:33
Last Modified: 15 Sep 2023 10:38
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/105521

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