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Flaxman, Erwin – 2003
This digest examines findings from two studies on the minority achievement gap in suburban schools. The first study, by Ronald Ferguson, analyzed data on middle and high school students from the Minority Student Achievement Network. In the second study, John Ogbu investigated how K-12 African American students' identity as an oppressed group…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education