School choice and American democracy -- Evaluating voucher programs -- Seeking and using a voucher -- Attending urban schools -- Social consequences -- The urban test score gap -- Satisfaction with urban schools -- Vouchers and urban schools

From earning to learning / Susan E. Mayer -- Aptitude or achievement : why do test scores predict educational attainment and earnings? / Christopher Jencks and Meredith Phillips -- Economic success and the evolution of schooling and mental ability / Christopher Winship and Sanders D. Korenman --...

Rising inequality in the United States has raised concerns about potentially widening gaps in educational achievement by socio-economic status (SES). Using assessments from LTT-NAEP, Main-NAEP, TIMSS, and PISA that are psychometrically linked over time, we trace trends in achievement for U.S....