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Socioeconomic Gaps in Academic Achievement within Schools: Are They Consistent across Subject Areas?
Peer reviewedMa, Xin – Educational Research and Evaluation: An International Journal on Theory and Practice, 2000
Examined the correlates of within school socioeconomic gaps in academic achievement corresponding to subject areas across schools using data for 6,883 students from 148 New Brunswick, Canada, schools. Results show that within-school socioeconomic gaps were similar between reading and writing as well as between mathematics and science.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries, Institutional Characteristics
Peer reviewedMa, Xin – Journal of Educational Measurement, 2001
Studied correlates of academic performance across mathematics, science, reading, and writing for 6,883 Canadian students in grade 6 in 148 schools (the New Brunswick School Climate Study). Results show that students were differentially successful in different subject areas, that schools were differentially successful in different subject areas,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Correlation, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedMa, Xin; Klinger, Don A. – Canadian Journal of Education, 2000
Used hierarchical linear modeling with data from the New Brunswick School Climate Study (Canada) to examine student background, school context, and school climate effects on Grade 6 student achievement in mathematics, science, reading, and writing. Gender, socioeconomic status, and Native ethnicity were significant predictors of academic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Environment, Elementary School Students, Ethnicity
