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Ethnicity, Gender, Social Class and Achievement Gaps at Age 16: Intersectionality and "Getting It" for the White Working Class
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Strand, Steve – Research Papers in Education, 2014
Perhaps the most prevailing inequalities in educational achievement in England are those associated with socio-economic status (SES), ethnicity and gender. However, little research has sought to compare the relative size of these gaps or to explore interactions between these factors. This paper analyses the educational achievement at age 11, 14…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Gender Differences, Social Class, Achievement Gap
The Magnitude and Components of Change in the Black-White IQ Difference from 1920 to 1991: A Birth Cohort Analysis of the Woodcock-Johnson Standardizations
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Murray, Charles – Intelligence, 2007
The black-white difference in test scores for the three standardizations of the Woodcock-Johnson battery of cognitive tests is analyzed in terms of birth cohorts covering the years from 1920 through 1991. Among persons tested at ages 6-65, a narrowing of the difference occurred in overall IQ and in the two most highly "g"-loaded clusters…
Descriptors: Intelligence Quotient, Racial Differences, Change, African Americans
Family of Origin and Cohort Differences in Verbal Ability.
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Alwin, Duane F. – American Sociological Review, 1991
Data from nine representative U.S. population samples in the General Social Survey data file for 1974 through 1990 confirm systematic declines in verbal scores for cohorts born after World War II, with the trend beginning earlier. The importance of social change must be acknowledged in trend analysis. (SLD)
Descriptors: Blacks, Cohort Analysis, Cross Sectional Studies, Educational Trends