Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ442380
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1992
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Summer Setback: Race, Poverty, School Composition, and Mathematics Achievement in the First Two Years of School.
Entwisle, Doris R.; Alexander, Karl L.
American Sociological Review, v57 n1 p72-84 Feb 1992
Data for 542, 490, 464, and 430 Baltimore (Maryland) children in winter 1982-83, summer 1983, winter 1983-84, and summer 1984, respectively, show about equal mathematics achievement of African Americans and whites at the start of grade 1, but African Americans were behind about 0.5 standard deviation by grade 3. (SLD)
Descriptors: Black Students, Disadvantaged Youth, Economic Status, Educational Environment, Elementary School Students, Family Structure, Longitudinal Studies, Low Achievement, Mathematics Achievement, Minority Group Children, Poverty, Primary Education, Racial Differences, Test Score Decline, Urban Schools, White Students
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Maryland (Baltimore)
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