ERIC Number: ED671824
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Mar
Pages: 48
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Intersecting Inequalities: Racial/Ethnic and Socioeconomic Differences in Math Achievement and School Contexts in California. EdWorkingPaper No. 21-372
Ann Owens; Thalia Tom
Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University
Past research extensively documents inequalities in educational opportunity and achievement by students' race/ethnicity or socioeconomic status (SES). Less scholarship focuses on how race/ethnicity and SES interact and jointly contribute to educational inequalities. We advance this burgeoning line of scholarship by charting math achievement trajectories and school socioeconomic composition by both student race/ethnicity and SES in California from 2014-15 through 2017-18. Linked administrative data allow us to operationalize student SES more richly than point-in-time free meal eligibility, a measure commonly used in education research. We find evidence of considerable racial/ethnic disparities in math achievement and school socioeconomic composition among same-SES students. White and Asian students score substantially higher on math achievement tests and attend higher-SES schools than same-SES Hispanic and Black students. Achievement and contextual inequalities are related: differential exposure to school SES by student race/ethnicity is associated with within-SES racial/ethnic achievement disparities. Our findings show that SES does not translate into the same contextual or achievement advantages for students of all racial/ethnic groups, demonstrating the importance of jointly considering student race/ethnicity and SES in future research and policy development.
Descriptors: Racial Differences, Social Differences, Mathematics Achievement, Socioeconomic Status, School Demography, Equal Education, Grade 3, Grade 4, Elementary School Students, Public Schools, Student Characteristics, White Students, Hispanic American Students, African American Students, Asian American Students, Family Characteristics
Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University. Brown University Box 1985, Providence, RI 02912. Tel: 401-863-7990; Fax: 401-863-1290; e-mail: annenberg@brown.edu; Web site: https://annenberg.brown.edu/
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; Grade 3; Primary Education; Grade 4; Intermediate Grades
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Language: English
Authoring Institution: Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University
Identifiers - Location: California
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Smarter Balanced Assessments
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