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Title: Examining the Achievement Test Score Gap Between Urban and Suburban Students
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Sandy, Jonathan Duncan, Kevin Craig |
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Examining the Achievement Test Score Gap Between Urban and Suburban Students Education Economics 18,3 (September 2010): 297-315. Also: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09645290903465713 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: Carfax Publishing Company ==> Taylor & Francis Keyword(s): Achievement; Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB); Disadvantaged, Economically; Neighborhood Effects; Private Schools; School Quality; Socioeconomic Factors; Urbanization/Urban Living Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Labor Market Experience for Youth (1997 cohort) are used to examine the urban school achievement gap. Specifically, we use the Blinder-Oaxaca technique to decompose differences in Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery scores for students who attended urban and suburban schools. We find that approximately 75% of the gap in this achievement measure is explained by the high concentration of disadvantaged students in urban schools. Broken down further, 36% of the gap can be attributed to differences in family background. The lower income of urban families alone explains 25% of the gap. Differences in measures of school quality, such as small classes, large schools, and private school attendance, explain very little of the gap. While current policy focuses on schools and school reform, our results are a reminder that meaningful efforts to improve performance in urban schools must address socioeconomic conditions in urban areas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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Sandy, Jonathan and Kevin Craig Duncan. "Examining the Achievement Test Score Gap Between Urban and Suburban Students." Education Economics 18,3 (September 2010): 297-315.
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