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Achievement Gaps in Education

Society (New Brunswick), 2010-09, Vol.47 (5), p.424-429 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Springer Science + Business Media, LLC 2010 ;COPYRIGHT 2010 Springer ;ISSN: 0147-2011 ;EISSN: 1936-4725 ;DOI: 10.1007/s12115-010-9354-y ;CODEN: SOCYA6

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Title:
Achievement Gaps in Education
Author: Ornstein, Allan C.
Subjects: Academic Achievement ; Achievement tests ; Analysis ; Comparative education ; Creativity ; Cross cultural studies ; Education policy ; Educational Attainment ; Educational tests and measurements ; Equality ; Examinations ; Human capital ; Inequality ; Innovation ; Innovations ; International aspects ; Mathematics ; Mathematics education ; Peer Groups ; Political Science ; Politics ; Public Finance ; Schools ; Science ; Science education ; Secondary Schools ; Social Inequality ; Social Science and Public Policy ; Social Sciences ; Sociology ; Standardized tests ; Students ; Teaching ; U.S.A ; United States of America
Is Part Of: Society (New Brunswick), 2010-09, Vol.47 (5), p.424-429
Description: Achievement gaps on international tests in math and science, between American students and their industrialized counterparts have worsened over the last 40 years, that is since the tests were originally administered. On a short-term basis, the achievement gap reflects America’s decline in human capital—and issues related to innovation, creativity and GDP. On a long-term basis, the achievement gaps reflect a decline of the U.S. (and the West) and the rise of the East. School financing and government programs seem to have marginal or secondary effects on school achievement. Excuses for the decline in U.S. test scores are numerous. What seems to count is that a large fraction of the variation in student achievement is accounted for in out-of-school variables, such as the student’s community, home or peer group characteristics. The bottom line: Schools seem to have little effect on reducing social and economic inequality and differences in educational output.
Publisher: New York: Springer-Verlag
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 0147-2011
EISSN: 1936-4725
DOI: 10.1007/s12115-010-9354-y
CODEN: SOCYA6
Source: AUTh Library subscriptions: ProQuest Central
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Achievement Gaps in Education

Springer Science + Business Media, LLC 2010 ;COPYRIGHT 2010 Springer ;ISSN: 0147-2011 ;EISSN: 1936-4725 ;DOI: 10.1007/s12115-010-9354-y ;CODEN: SOCYA6

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