Bracey's Broadsides Are Unfounded.

Excoriates Gerald Bracey's "broadsides" against the author's own article in same "Educational Leadership" issue for misinterpreting his conclusions and methodology. Stevenson's learning gap results did not oversimplify ability-effort relationship in U.S. and Asian students; results were similar for U.S. cities with both large and small minority populations. U.S. schools are in trouble; U.S. students remain uncompetitive with Asian peers. (MLH)