Achievement Gap
"Recursive Processes in Self-Affirmation: Intervening to Close the Minority Achievement Gap."
African-American middle school students narrowed the achievement gap, relative to their white peers, after they were asked to produce written essays in which they reflected on their personal values, according to a new study .
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