Girls to the front: How redshirting and test-score gaps are affected by a change in the school-entry cut date

2020 ◽  
Vol 76 ◽  
pp. 101968 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip J. Cook ◽  
Songman Kang

2004 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather Rose

Abstract This study examines the extent to which convergence in mathematics course-taking behavior is responsible for narrowing the Hispanic-white and the black-white test score gaps during the 1980s. Mathematics curriculum is measured in detail using high school transcript data from both High School and Beyond and the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988. After controlling for demographic, family, and school characteristics, changes in curriculum account for about 60 percent of the narrowing Hispanic-white test score gap between 1982 and 1992. However, the black-white test score gap did not drop significantly.



2007 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Petra E. Todd ◽  
Kenneth I. Wolpin


2009 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 269-295 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beatrice Schindler Rangvid


2005 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Greg J. Duncan ◽  
Katherine A. Magnuson


2015 ◽  
Vol 88 (2) ◽  
pp. 120-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
David M. Quinn


2010 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 348-363 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelly Bedard ◽  
Insook Cho


2016 ◽  
Vol 45 (8) ◽  
pp. 443-453 ◽  
Author(s):  
David M. Quinn ◽  
North Cooc ◽  
Joe McIntyre ◽  
Celia J. Gomez

Early studies examining seasonal variation in academic achievement inequality generally concluded that socioeconomic test score gaps grew more over the summer than the school year, suggesting schools served as “equalizers.” In this study, we analyze seasonal trends in socioeconomic status (SES) and racial/ethnic test score gaps using nationally representative data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 2010–2011 (ECLS-K:2011), which includes more school-year and summer rounds than previous national studies. We further examine how inequality dynamics are influenced by the operationalization of inequality. Findings are consistent with a story in which schools initially accelerate relatively lower-achieving groups’ learning more so than higher-achieving groups; however, this school-year equalizing is not consistently maintained and sometimes reverses. When operationalizing inequality as changes in relative position, the reversal of school-year equalizing is more pronounced.



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