Toward excellence with equity : an emerging vision for closing the achievement gap / by Ronald F. Ferguson.

Shifting challenges: fifty years of economic change toward Black-White earnings equality
Test-score trends along racial lines, 1971 to 1996: popular culture and community academic standards
Can schools narrow the Black-White test score gap?
Teachers' perceptions and expectations and the Black-White test score gap
A diagnostic analysis of Black-White GPA disparities in Shaker Heights, Ohio
What doesn't meet the eye: understanding and addressing racial disparities in high-achieving suburban schools
Appendix: The Tripod Project
Five challenges to effective teacher professional development
Toward excellence with equity: the role of parenting and transformative school reform
Conclusion: Urgency and possibility: a call for a national movement.