Generally, people who term black-white educational disparities an "achievement gap" tend to believe reform of educational content and methods (more effective "preparation") will lessen if not eliminate the approx. 1 standard deviation difference in standardized test results. They've been on that project for the better part of a century with zero impact on "the gap." One would think they'd re-examine their basic assumptions given this track record of dismal failure, but it never seems to happen. Those axioms.
Generally, people who term black-white educational disparities an "achievement gap" tend to believe reform of educational content and methods (more effective "preparation") will lessen if not eliminate the approx. 1 standard deviation difference in standardized test results. They've been on that project for the better part of a century with zero impact on "the gap." One would think they'd re-examine their basic assumptions given this track record of dismal failure, but it never seems to happen. Those axioms.