An Examination of the K-12 Black-White Achievement Gap in Mississippi

Author

Timothy O. Abram II, University of Mississippi. Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College

Date of Award

2014

Document Type

Undergraduate Thesis

Department

African American Studies

First Advisor

Marvin King

Relational Format

Dissertation/Thesis

Abstract

This thesis examines the disparities in educational outcomes of black and white students throughout the state of Mississippi and investigates the steps that other states have taken to close the black-white achievement gap. White students outperform black students in every single measure of academic output, specifically the proficiency and passing rate on the state standardized test, the Mississippi Curriculum Test, the four subject area test (Algebra I, US History, Biology I, and English II), graduation and dropout rates, and the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) examinations. This research focuses on the historical environment which produced the current educational inequities between black and white students, standardized test score data, and the actions that other states, along with the efforts of Mississippi are taking to close the achievement gap.

Recommended Citation

Abram, Timothy O. II, "An Examination of the K-12 Black-White Achievement Gap in Mississippi" (2014). Honors Theses. 917.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/hon_thesis/917

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