Examining gaps in mathematics achievement among racial-ethnic groups, 1972-1992 / / Mark Berends ... [et al.]

• Pubblicazione: Santa Monica, CA, : RAND Education, c2005
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (184 p.)
• Disciplina: 510/.71/073
• Soggetto topico: Mathematics - Study and teaching - United States - Evaluation; Mathematics - Study and teaching - United States - History - 20th century; Mathematical ability - Testing; Minorities - Education - United States - Evaluation
• Altri autori: BerendsMark <1962->
• Note generali: "Prepared for The Spencer Foundation and the U.S. Department of Educatin."; "MG-255-EDU"--P. [4] of cover.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-163).
• Nota di contenuto: Preface; 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 ; Chapter 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 ; Chapter 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 ; Policy 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
• Sommario/riassunto: Examines 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Examining gaps in mathematics achievement among racial-ethnic groups, 1972-1992
• ISBN: 1-282-28263-8; 9786612282638; 0-8330-4066-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910219962303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II