Recent Trends in Income, Racial, and Ethnic School Readiness Gaps at Kindergarten Entry
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23315973 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sean F Reardon (0000-0002-0465-965X, Stanford University), Ximena A Portilla (0000-0002-7705-0693, Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Publication date | 2016-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | AERA Open (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2332-8584 • E-ISSN: 2332-8584 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/2332858416657343 |
| OpenAlex | W2518165160 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 171 |
| References cited | 50 |
Academic achievement gaps between high- and low-income students born in the 1990s were much larger than between cohorts born two decades earlier. Racial/ethnic achievement gaps declined during the same period. To determine whether these two trends have continued in more recent cohorts, we examine trends in several dimensions of school readiness, including academic achievement, self-control, externalizing behavior, and a measure of students’ approaches to learning, for cohorts born from the early 1990s to the 2000–2010 midperiod. We use data from nationally representative samples of kindergarteners (ages 5–6) in 1998 ( n = 20,220), 2006 ( n = 6,600), and 2010 ( n = 16,980) to estimate trends in racial/ethnic and income school readiness gaps. We find that readiness gaps narrowed modestly from 1998 to 2010, particularly between high- and low-income students and between White and Hispanic students.
Academic achievement · Demographic economics · Developmental psychology · Economic growth · Economics · Ethnic group · Family income · Low income · Political science · Racial differences · Sociology · Demography · Early Childhood Education and Development · Parental Involvement in Education · Psychology · School Choice and Performance
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