Cumulative Advantages and the Emergence of Social and Ethnic Inequality: Matthew Effects in Reading and Mathematics Development within Elementary Schools?

Autor/inn/en	Baumert, Jurgen; Nagy, Gabriel; Lehmann, Rainer
Titel	Cumulative Advantages and the Emergence of Social and Ethnic Inequality: Matthew Effects in Reading and Mathematics Development within Elementary Schools?
Quelle	In: Child Development, 83 (2012) 4, S.1347-1367 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-3920
DOI	10.1111/j.1467-8624.2012.01779.x
Schlagwörter	Grade 4; Grade 5; Grade 6; Elementary School Students; Reading; Mathematics; Elementary Schools; Academic Achievement; Ethnic Groups; Equations (Mathematics); Foreign Countries; Literacy; Numeracy; Cognitive Ability; Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? School year 04; 4. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 04; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; Leseprozess; Lesen; Mathematik; Elementary school; Grundschule; Volksschule; Schulleistung; Ethnie; Equations; Mathematics; Gleichungslehre; Ausland; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Rechenkompetenz; Denkfähigkeit; Deutschland
Abstract	This article examines the development of social and ethnic disparities in academic achievement in elementary schooling. It investigated whether reading and mathematics development in 136 mixed-ability classes shows path-dependent processes of cumulative advantage (Matthew effects) from Grades 4 to 6 (Grade 4 mean age = 10.62, SD = 0.57) resulting in growing inequality. Status-dependent processes of cumulative advantage, their interaction with path-dependent processes, and consequences for the degree of social and ethnic inequality are examined. Two complementary methods for analyzing multilevel data are used: growth curve and quasi-simplex models. No evidence for a Matthew effect was found in either domain. A compensation effect emerged for reading, to the benefit of ethnic minorities. A fan-spread effect was found for mathematics, partly attributable to status-dependent processes of cumulative advantage. (Contains 5 tables and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10