LEADER 04562nam 22006614a 450 001 9910219962303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-28263-8 010 $a9786612282638 010 $a0-8330-4066-9 035 $a(CKB)1000000000474845 035 $a(EBL)784087 035 $a(OCoLC)781422376 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000279309 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11223032 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000279309 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10259733 035 $a(PQKB)11751268 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL784087 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10152614 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC784087 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000474845 100 $a20041001d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aExamining gaps in mathematics achievement among racial-ethnic groups, 1972-1992 /$fMark Berends ... [et al.] 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aSanta Monica, CA $cRAND Education$dc2005 215 $a1 online resource (184 p.) 300 $a"Prepared for The Spencer Foundation and the U.S. Department of Educatin." 300 $a"MG-255-EDU"--P. [4] of cover. 311 $a0-8330-3690-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 139-163). 327 $aPreface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter One- Explaining Student Achievement Gaps Over Time; Background and Significance; Student Test Scores Trends Between the 1970's and 1990's; Families, Schools, and Student Test Score Gaps; Organization of Analysis; Chapter Two- Individual, Family, and School Conditions and Their Relationships to Student Achievement; Theoretical Perspectives for Examining Student Achievements; Examining Families, Schools, and Student Achievement Gaps; Individual and Family Characteristics; School Factors 327 $aChapter Three- Data and Methodology Data for High School Senior Cohorts; Dependent Measure: Mathematics Achievement; Definitions of Family Variables; School Variables; Methodology; Chapter Four- Trends in Mathematics Achievement, Family, and School Characteristics, 1972-1992; Test Score Differences Among Racial-Ethnic Groups over Time; Changes in Family Background Characteristics Among Racial-Ethnic Groups; Changes in School Characteristics Among Racial-Ethnic Groups; Changes in Self-Reported Track Placement Among Racial-Ethnic Groups; Summary 327 $aChapter Five- The Relationships Between Mathematics Test Score Gaps and Changes in Families and Schools, 1972-1992 Decomposing Changes in the Black-White Test Score Gap; Decomposing Changes in the Latino-White Test Gap; Chapter Six- Test Score Gaps Among Racial-Ethnic Groups: Conclusions and Policy Implications; Limitation of Our Analysis; Changes in Mathematics Score Gaps Among Blacks, Latinos, and Whites; Changes in Families and Test Score Gaps in Mathematics; Changes in Schools and Test Score Gaps in Mathematics; Persistent Inequality in the Mathematics Test Score Gaps 327 $aPolicy Implications of Our Analysis Appendix A- Item Response Theory Scaling of Pooled Senior Cohorts in NLS, HSB, and NELS; Appendix B- Mathematics Items Mapping Across Data Sources, 1972-1992; Appendix C- Item Response Theory Estimation Methods; Appendix D- Survey Items Used to Operationalize Individual, Family, and School Measures in NLS-72, HSB-82, and NELS-92; Appendix E- Multilevel Results Relating Mathematics Achievement to Individual, Family, and School Characteristics, 1972-1992; References 330 $aExamines several nationally representative senior high school student cohorts between the early 1970's to early 1990's to understand trends in the mathematics scores of these different racial-ethnic groups. 606 $aMathematics$xStudy and teaching$zUnited States$xEvaluation 606 $aMathematics$xStudy and teaching$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aMathematical ability$xTesting 606 $aMinorities$xEducation$zUnited States$xEvaluation 615 0$aMathematics$xStudy and teaching$xEvaluation. 615 0$aMathematics$xStudy and teaching$xHistory 615 0$aMathematical ability$xTesting. 615 0$aMinorities$xEducation$xEvaluation. 676 $a510/.71/073 701 $aBerends$b Mark$f1962-$0880021 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910219962303321 996 $aExamining gaps in mathematics achievement among racial-ethnic groups, 1972-1992$92073788 997 $aUNINA