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Title: The Widening Academic Achievement Gap Between the Rich and the Poor: New Evidence and Possible Explanations
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Reardon, Sean F. |
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The Widening Academic Achievement Gap Between the Rich and the Poor: New Evidence and Possible Explanations In: Whither Opportunity: Rising Inequality, Schools, and Children's Life Chances. G. Duncan and R. Murnane, eds., New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2011 Cohort(s): NLSY79, NLSY97 Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation Keyword(s): Academic Development; Achievement; Armed Forces Qualifications Test (AFQT); Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB); Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (ECLS-B, ECLS-K); Family Income; High School and Beyond (HSB); Income Distribution; National Education Longitudinal Survey (NELS); National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (AddHealth); Socioeconomic Status (SES) In this chapter I examine whether and how the relationship between family socioeconomic characteristics and academic achievement has changed during the last fifty years. In particular, I investigate the extent to which the rising income inequality of the last four decades has been paralleled by a similar increase in the income achievement gradient. As the income gap between high- and low-income families has widened, has the achievement gap between children in high- and low-income families also widened? |
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Reardon, Sean F. "The Widening Academic Achievement Gap Between the Rich and the Poor: New Evidence and Possible Explanations" In: Whither Opportunity: Rising Inequality, Schools, and Children's Life Chances. G. Duncan and R. Murnane, eds., New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2011
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