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The Black-White Achievement Gap: When Progress Stopped

Barton · 2010

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P10 — The long decline in American verbal test scores that began in the 1960s was caused by the mid-century adoption of content-light, skills-b…

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Every occurrence, grouped by book and chapter, with the claim it was linked to support and (where the extraction regenerated one) the underlying warrant.

2016 · Why Knowledge Matters

Report showing the black-white achievement gap narrowed until 1988 then stalled.

direct The American black-white achievement gap narrowed throughout the twentieth century until reaching its narrowest point in 1988, after which progress stalled.

ch 5 · statistical_data · wkm:ch5_E1

Warrant (implicit): National standardized test data from historical reports provide a reliable longitudinal measure of racial disparities in educational outcomes.

could fail ifChanges in test formats or demographic definitions over time may create artifacts that mimic a stall or narrowing when none occurred.

2022 · American Ethnicity

ETS Policy Information Report 'The Black-White Achievement Gap: When Progress Stopped' (2010) by Paul Barton and Richard Coley.

direct The rise of developmentalism explains why black reading scores in the United States reached a standstill after initial progress.

ch preface · statistical_data · ae:chpreface_E12

Warrant (implicit): When a specific pedagogical philosophy like developmentalism becomes dominant in the educational system, it is the primary causal factor for the stagnation of achievement scores among marginalized groups.

could fail ifThe stagnation in black reading scores could be better explained by external socioeconomic factors, such as increasing wealth inequality or changes in school funding, rather than the shift to developmentalist pedagogy.

Educational Testing Service (ETS) report on the stagnation of the black-white achievement gap since 1990.

direct The rise of developmentalism explains why black reading scores in the United States reached a standstill after initial progress.

ch preface · statistical_data · ae:chpreface_E14

Warrant (implicit): The temporal coincidence between the adoption of certain educational theories and the cessation of progress in minority achievement proves a causal link between the two.

could fail ifThe 'standstill' may be the result of reaching a ceiling of what current social policies can achieve without addresssing broader systemic issues like housing or healthcare.

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Barton, Paul E.; Coley, Richard J., 2010
Barton, Paul E.; Coley, Richard J., The Black-White Achievement Gap: When Progress Stopped. Policy Information Report, Educational Testing Service, 2010.
Educational Testing Service (ETS), The Black-White Achievement Gap: When Progress Stopped, 2010