The academic achievement of American Indians

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 36, Issue , 2013, Pages 135-152

  Fischer, Stefanie ^a   Stoddard, Christiana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American Indian; Human capital; Identity; Test score gap

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; HUMAN CAPITAL; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; RACIAL IDENTITY; STUDENT;

EID: 84880804278     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2013.05.005     Document Type: Article

References (39)

1. Ainsworth-Darnell J.W., Downey D. Assessing the oppositional cultural explanation for racial/ethnic differences in school performance. American Sociological Review 1998, 63:536-553.
2. Akerlof G.A., Kranton R.E. Identity and schooling: Some lessons for the economics of education. Journal of Economic Literature 2002, 40:1167-1201.
3. Armor D. Why is black educational achievement rising?. Public Interest 1992, 65-80.
4. Austen-Smith D., Fryer R. An economic analysis of 'acting white'. Quarterly Journal of Economics 2005, May, 551-583.
5. Benjamin D.J., Choi J.J., Strickland A.J. Social identity and preferences. American Economic Review 2010, 100(4):1913-1928.
6. BIE The Bureau of Indian Education 2012, June, http://www.bia.gov/WhatWeDo/ServiceOverview/IndianEducation/index.htm.
7. Brooks-Gunn J., Duncan G., Aber J. Neighborhood poverty: Context and consequences for children 1997, 1. Russell Sage Foundation Publications, New York.
8. Clotfelter C.T., Ladd H.F., Vigdor J.L. The academic achievement gap in grades 3-8. The Review of Economics and Statistics 2009, 91(2):398-419.
9. Cook P., Ludwig J. Weighing the burden of 'acting white': Are there race differences in attitudes towards education?. Journal of Public Policy and Analysis 1997, 16:256-278.
10. DeJong D. Promises of the past: A history of Indian education in the United States 1993, ERIC, Golden, CO.
11. Duncan B., Trejo S. Ethnic identification, intermarriage, and unmeasured progress by Mexican Americans. Mexican immigration to the United States 2007, 229-267. National Bureau of Economic Research and University of Chicago Press, Chicago. G.J. Borjas (Ed.).
12. Duncan B., Trejo S. Ancestry versus ethnicity: The complexity and selectivity of Mexican identification in the United States. Ethnicity and labor market outcomes 2009, 31-66. K.T. Amelie, F. Constant, K.F. Zimmerman (Eds.).
13. Fletcher J. Is identification with school the key component in the black box of education outcomes? Evidence from a randomized experiment. Economics of Education Review 2009, 28(6):662-671.
14. Fordham S. Blacked out: Dilemmas of race, identity and success at capital high 1996, University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
15. Fordham S., Ogbu J. Black students' school success: Coping with the "burden of 'acting white"'. Urban Review 1986, 18:176-206.
16. Fryer R. An economic approach to cultural capital. Working paper 2002, University of Chicago.
17. Fryer R. The importance of segregation discrimination, peer dynamics, and identity in explaining trends in the racial achievement gap. Handbook of Social Economics 2010, March, 1.
18. Fryer R., Levitt S. Understanding the black-white test score gap in the first two years of school. Review of Economics and Statistics 2004, 86:447-464.
19. Fryer R., Torelli P. An empirical analysis of 'acting white'. Journal of Public Economics 2010, 94:380-396.
20. Gelbach, Jonah B., 2009. When Do Covariates Matter? And Which Ones, and How Much? (June 25, 2009). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1425737 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1425737.
21. Johnson W., Neal D. Basic skills and the black-white earnings gap. The black-white test score gap 1998, 480-500.
22. Lofquist D., Lugaila T., O'Connell M., Feliz S. Households and families: 2010 2012, http://www.census.gov/hhes/families/.
23. Mayer S. What money can't buy: Family income and children's life chances 1997, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA.
24. Mislevy R.J., Sheenhan K.M. Marginal estimation procedures. The NAEP 1983-1984 15-TR-20 2007, Educational Test Service, Princeton, NJ.
25. O'Gorman M. Educational disparity and the persistence of the black-white wage gap in the US. Economics of Education Review 2010, 29(4):526-542.
26. O'Neill J. The role of human capital in earnings differences between black and white men. The Journal of Economic Perspectives 1990, 4(4):25-45.
27. Phillips M., James Crouse J.R. Does the black-white test score gap widen after children enter school?. The black-white test score gap 1998, 229-272. The Brookings Institution Press, Washington, DC. Jencks, Phillips (Eds.).
28. Reyhner J., Eder J. American Indian education: A history 2006, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK.
29. Rogers A., Stoeckel J. Naep 2007 mathematics and reading assessments secondary-use data files data companion 2008, United States Department of Education, Washington, DC.
30. Rogers A., Stoeckel J. Naep 2009 mathematics and reading assessments secondary-use data files data companion 2010, United States Department of Education, Washington, DC.
31. Rubin D. Multiple imputation after 18+ years. Journal of the American Statistical Association 1996, 473-489.
32. Steele C., Aronson J. Stereotype threat and the test performance of academically successful African Americans 1998, The Brookings Institution Press, Washington, DC.
33. Szasz M. Education and the American Indian: The road to self-determination since 1928 1999, UNM Press, Albuquerque, NM.
34. U.S.Census Employment status, 2006-2010 American community survey 5-year estimates (American community survey). s2301 2012.
35. U.S.Census Poverty status in the past 12 months, 2006-2010 American community survey 5-year estimates (American community survey). s1701 2012.
36. U.S.Department of Education Data from national assessment for educational progress 2007.
37. U.S.Department of Education Data from national Indian education study 2007.
38. U.S.Department of Education Data from national assessment for educational progress 2009.
39. U.S.Department of Education Data from national Indian education study 2009.