"Gap" or "Gaps": Challenging the Singular Definition of the Achievement Gap

Autor/inn/en	Carpenter, Dick M., II; Ramirez, Al; Severn, Laura
Titel	"Gap" or "Gaps": Challenging the Singular Definition of the Achievement Gap
Quelle	In: Education and Urban Society, 39 (2006) 1, S.113-127 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1245
DOI	10.1177/0013124506291792
Schlagwörter	Minority Groups; Longitudinal Studies; Questionnaires; Hispanic American Students; African American Students; White Students; Socioeconomic Status; Statistical Analysis; Regression (Statistics); Algebra; Mathematics Achievement; Grade 12; Achievement Rating; Goodness of Fit; Pragmatics + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ethnische Minderheit; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Fragebogen; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Student; Students; Hispanoamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; African Americans; Afroamerikaner; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Statistische Analyse; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Mathmatics sikills; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematical ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; School year 12; 12. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 12; Achievement; Rating; Leistung; Beurteilung; Leistungsbeurteilung; Pragmalinguistik
Abstract	For decades, researchers examined the "achievement gap" between minority and nonminority students. This singular definition of "achievement gap" ignores important within-group differences. This article uses National Education Longitudinal Study (NELS:88) data to examine within-group differences and compares those across Latino, African American, and White populations. Results question the singular definition of "achievement gap." Given the importance of how issues are defined, a singular definition of "achievement gap" may mean current policies miss the mark in raising achievement levels between and within groups. (Contains 6 tables.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10