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The Aspiration-Attainment Gap: Black Students and Education
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Buttaro, Anthony, Jr.; Battle, Juan; Pastrana, Antonio, Jr. – Journal of Negro Education, 2010
Using a nationally representative sample from two waves of the National Educational Longitudinal Study (NELS), this research examines the aspiration-attainment gap that exists for Black students (N = 823). This gap is a measure of the difference between the educational level students said they aspired to reach reported in 1988 when attending 8th…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Parent Participation, Educational Attainment, Academic Aspiration