TY  - BOOK 
TI  - The Hispanic-Asian achievement gap in elementary school : a persistent disparity
PB  - Lambert Academic Publishing
PY  - 2012
SN  - 9783659222269
UR  - http://repository.icesi.edu.co/biblioteca_digital/handle/10906/82376
AB  - Dissertation approved by the University of Maryland, 2012. There is little research of Hispanic and Asian children's educational outcomes; in particular, the achievement gap between these two racial/ethnic groups has not been fully explored. The objective of this investigation is to analyze the Hispanic-Asian achievement gap in elementary school using the ECLS-K, a longitudinal nationally representative study. I provide detailed descriptive analysis of the trajectory of the gap from kindergarten to fifth grade. Analysis is conducted using three approaches. First, I estimated the mean achievement gap in elementary school and the relative contribution of family, school and teacher factors to the gap. Second, I decomposed the Hispanic-Asian gap into explained and unexplained parts due to observed differences. Finally, I explored whether the achievement gap is persistent across the conditional distribution of test scores. Reading and math scores are the outcome variables.
KW  - Economía
KW  - Economics
KW  - Calidad de la educación
KW  - Educación multicultural
KW  - Estados Unidos
KW  - Estudios asiático-americanos
KW  - Estudios hispano-americanos
KW  - Sistema educativo
KW  - Políticas públicas
KW  - Educación primaria
ER  -