Explaining the black-white achievement gap in the context of family, neighborhood, and school

Author(s): FPG Child Development Institute;
Date Issued: December, 2011
Publisher(s): FPG Child Development Institute
Description: A summary of an examination of family, neighborhood, and school characteristic predictors of the Black-White achievement gap in children's reading and mathematics school performance from 4½ years of age through fifth grade, based on a secondary analysis of a sample of 314 lower income Black and White American youth followed from birth
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Source: (FPG Snapshot No. 64). Chapel Hill, NC: FPG Child Development Institute. Retrieved January 4, 2012, from http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~snapshots/FPG-Snapshot-64.pdf
Topics: Children & Child Development

Parents & Families

Programs, Interventions & Curricula
Country: United States
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