Kindergarten Black–White Test Score Gaps: Re-examining the Roles of Socioeconomic Status and School Quality with New Data

Sociology of Education

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 120-139

  Quinn, David M ^a  

^a HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

Author keywords

achievement gap; black white test score gap; educational inequality; gap trends; school quality; socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925234756     PISSN: 00380407     EISSN: 19398573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038040715573027     Document Type: Article

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