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Making Schools Work for Underachieving Minority Students: Next Steps for Research, Policy, and Practice

Making Schools Work for Underachieving Minority Students: Next Steps for Research, Policy, and Practice

Bain, Josie G.
Herman, Joan L.

Hardcover

Series: Contributions to the Study of Education, Book 36

General EducationSpecial Education

ISBN10: 0313268894
ISBN13: 9780313268892
Publisher: Praeger
Published: Jun 27 1990
Pages: 320
Weight: 1.50
Height: 1.15 Width: 6.58 Depth: 9.58
Language: English

Labeled A Nation at Risk, Americans are urgently seeking reform in their public school systems. While many promising programs are being developed, they have not yet been validated. The national conference Making Schools Work for Underachieving Minority Students shared the best of what is presently known and deliberated on the implications for research, policy, and practice. Sponsored by CRESST (Center for Research on Evaluation Standards and Student Testing), The National Urban League, and the National Council of LaRaza, the conference was financed by the U.S. Department of Education. Closely following the structure of the conference, this volume's contributors examine education's current status. They then investigate potentially promising approaches to specific problem areas. Contributors treat issues of evaluation and testing, and conclude by addressing the potential of collaborative efforts.

Responding to a major challenge, community groups and organizations throughout the country are seeking answers to the problem of underachieving minority students. This volume builds on these shared interests and is a first step toward an intervention process. Topics covered include: creating effective instructional programs; reducing the dropout rate; preparing students for secondary and postsecondary success; helping limited English proficient students; and improving teacher quality. The volume's contributors hope to promote dialogue on promising practices, foster collaboration, identify critical R & D needs and collaborative arrangements, and identify testing and evaluation issues for subsequent inquiry.

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