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The academic achievement gap in grades 3 to 8
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Clotfelter, CT; Ladd, HF; Vigdor, JL
Published in: Review of Economics and Statistics
May 1, 2009
Using data for North Carolina public school students in grades 3 to 8, we examine achievement gaps between white students and students from other racial and ethnic groups. We focus on cohorts of students who stay in the state's public schools for all six years. While the black-white gaps are sizable and robust, both Hispanic and Asian students tend to gain on whites as they progress in school. Beyond simple mean differences, we find that the racial gaps in math between low-performing students have tended to shrink as students progress through school, while those for high-performing students have generally widened. © 2009 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Review of Economics and Statistics
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1530-9142
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0034-6535
Publication Date
May 1, 2009
Volume
91
Issue
2
Start / End Page
398 / 419
Related Subject Headings
- Economics
- 3802 Econometrics
- 3801 Applied economics
- 3502 Banking, finance and investment
- 1403 Econometrics
- 1402 Applied Economics
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Clotfelter, C. T., Ladd, H. F., & Vigdor, J. L. (2009). The academic achievement gap in grades 3 to 8. Review of Economics and Statistics, 91(2), 398–419. https://doi.org/10.1162/rest.91.2.398
Clotfelter, C. T., H. F. Ladd, and J. L. Vigdor. “The academic achievement gap in grades 3 to 8.” Review of Economics and Statistics 91, no. 2 (May 1, 2009): 398–419. https://doi.org/10.1162/rest.91.2.398.
Clotfelter CT, Ladd HF, Vigdor JL. The academic achievement gap in grades 3 to 8. Review of Economics and Statistics. 2009 May 1;91(2):398–419.
Clotfelter, C. T., et al. “The academic achievement gap in grades 3 to 8.” Review of Economics and Statistics, vol. 91, no. 2, May 2009, pp. 398–419. Scopus, doi:10.1162/rest.91.2.398.
Clotfelter CT, Ladd HF, Vigdor JL. The academic achievement gap in grades 3 to 8. Review of Economics and Statistics. 2009 May 1;91(2):398–419.
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Published In
Review of Economics and Statistics
DOI
EISSN
1530-9142
ISSN
0034-6535
Publication Date
May 1, 2009
Volume
91
Issue
2
Start / End Page
398 / 419
Related Subject Headings
- Economics
- 3802 Econometrics
- 3801 Applied economics
- 3502 Banking, finance and investment
- 1403 Econometrics
- 1402 Applied Economics