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“The Academic Achievement Gap in Grades 3 to 8”

“The Academic Achievement Gap in Grades 3 to 8”. Charles Clotfelter, Helen Ladd, and Jacob Vigdor Harvard Achievement Gap Conference June 20, 2006. Main findings:. Black-white gap is large and constant.

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“The Academic Achievement Gap in Grades 3 to 8”

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  1. “The Academic Achievement Gap in Grades 3 to 8” Charles Clotfelter, Helen Ladd, and Jacob Vigdor Harvard Achievement Gap Conference June 20, 2006

  2. Main findings: • Black-white gap is large and constant. • Hispanic students are progressing relative to whites from grade 3 to 8; SES explains most. • Asian students are also progressing, and surpassing whites. • From grade 3 to 8, racial gaps between low-performing students decline; those between high-performing grow. • Few districts or district groups have been able both to raise black achievement and reduce the black-white gap.

  3. Raw Gaps: Math

  4. Raw Gaps: Reading

  5. Cohorts vs. All: Black-White Gap

  6. Cohorts vs. All: Hispanic-White Gap

  7. Student covariates used in regressions for adjusted gaps • Race/ethnicity (including multiracial) • Gender (male) • Age in May of 3rd grade • Parents’ education (HS, LT HS) • Subsidized lunch in grades 7 or 8 • District type (top 5; rural) • Region (coastal, mountain)

  8. Adjusted Gaps

  9. Adjusted Gaps

  10. Estimates of the Black-White Gap In Math ------3------ ------4------ ------5------ ------8------

  11. Black and White Math Distribution, 1999 Cohort, 3rd Grade

  12. Black and White Math Distribution, 1999 Cohort, 8th Grade

  13. Black and White Math Distribution, 1995 Cohort, 8th Grade

  14. Comparing Black Student Achievement, by Cohort

  15. Background Slides

  16. Four Groups of Students

  17. Means byRace/Ethnicity, 1999 Cohort

  18. Cohort vs. All: Black-White Gap

  19. Cohort vs. All: Hispanic-White Gap

  20. Density Plot, White vs. Black, 3rd Grade Math, 1998 Cohort

  21. Density Plot, White vs. Hispanic, 3rd Grade Math, 1998 Cohort

  22. Density Plot, White vs. Asian, 3rd Grade Math, 1998 Cohort

  23. Average Math Scores, 1999 Cohort

  24. For full paper, see: Charles T. Clotfelter, Helen F. Ladd, and Jacob L. Vigdor “The Academic Achievement Gap in Grades 3 to 8” NBER Working Paper 12207, April 2006 (http://www.nber.org/papers/w12207)

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