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Lee, Joohi; Autry, Mary Murray; Fox, Jill; Williams, Cynthia – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2008
A sample of 244 children (average age: 61 months) and their parents from the Dallas and Fort Worth (DFW) metroplex area in Texas were surveyed to investigate children's mathematics readiness. This study was conducted as part of a project funded by a local child care council, composed of business, civic, and education leaders in the community. The…
Descriptors: Scores, Family Income, Kindergarten, School Readiness
Armor, David J.; Duck, Stephanie – Education Working Paper Archive, 2007
Recent studies have used increasingly complex methodologies to estimate the effect of peer characteristics--race, poverty, and ability--on student achievement. A paper by Hanushek, Kain, and Rivkin using Texas state testing data has received particularly wide attention because it found a large negative effect of school percent black on black math…
Descriptors: Testing, Mathematics Achievement, African American Students, Peer Influence