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Title: Intergenerational Family Predictors of the Black–White Achievement Gap
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Mandara, Jelani Varner, Fatima Greene, Nereira Richman, Scott |
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Intergenerational Family Predictors of the Black–White Achievement Gap Journal of Educational Psychology 101,4 (November 2009): 867-878. Also: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6WYD-4XRB1BJ-8&_user=10&_coverDate=11%2F30%2F2009&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_origin=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_searchStrId=1445411383&_rerunOrigin=google&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=a58744d92191a40bde5e2d07444cc995&searchtype=a Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79 Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA) Keyword(s): Child Self-Administered Supplement (CSAS); Chores (see Housework); Ethnic Differences; Family Structure; Grandparents; Home Observation for Measurement of Environment (HOME); Housework/Housewives; Intergenerational Patterns/Transmission; Parenting Skills/Styles; Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Math); Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Reading) The authors examined intergenerational family predictors of the Black–White achievement gap among 4,406 adolescents from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. An intergenerational model of the process by which family factors contribute to the achievement gap was also tested. The results showed that the ethnic gaps in socioeconomic status (SES) and achievement had significantly reduced over the past few generations. Moreover, measures of grandparent SES, mothers' achievement, parent SES, and a comprehensive set of reliable parenting practices explained all of the ethnic differences in achievement scores. Parenting practices such as creating a school-oriented home environment, allowing adolescents to make decisions, and not burdening them with too many chores had particularly important effects on the achievement gap. The authors conclude that adjusting for these differences would eliminate the ethnic achievement gap. |
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Mandara, Jelani, Fatima Varner, Nereira Greene and Scott Richman. "Intergenerational Family Predictors of the Black–White Achievement Gap." Journal of Educational Psychology 101,4 (November 2009): 867-878.
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