The Hispanic-Asian achievement gap in elementary school : a persistent disparity

Dissertation approved by the University of Maryland, 2012. There is little research of Hispanic and Asian children's educational outcomes; in particular, the achievement gap between these two racial/ethnic groups has not been fully explored. The objective of this investigation is to analyze the Hispanic-Asian achievement gap in elementary school using the ECLS-K, a longitudinal nationally representative study. I provide detailed descriptive analysis of the trajectory of the gap from kindergarten to fifth grade. Analysis is conducted using three approaches. First, I estimated the mean achievement gap in elementary school and the relative contribution of family, school and teacher factors to the gap. Second, I decomposed the Hispanic-Asian gap into explained and unexplained parts due to observed differences. Finally, I explored whether the achievement gap is persistent across the conditional distribution of test scores. Reading and math scores are the outcome variables.

• Autores: Martínez Quintero, Lina María
• Tipo de recurso: Book
• Fecha de publicación: 2012
• Institución: Universidad ICESI
• Repositorio: Repositorio ICESI
• Idioma: eng
• OAI Identifier: oai:repository.icesi.edu.co:10906/82376
• Acceso en línea: https://www.morebooks.de/store/gb/book/the-hispanic-asian-achievement-gap-in-elementary-school/isbn/978-3-659-22226-9; http://repository.icesi.edu.co/biblioteca_digital/handle/10906/82376
• Palabra clave: Economía; Calidad de la educación; Educación multicultural; Estados Unidos; Estudios asiático-americanos; Estudios hispano-americanos; Sistema educativo; Políticas públicas; Educación primaria; Economics
• Rights: openAccess
• License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/