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008 050208s2005 mau sb 000 0 eng
010 $a 2005616611
040 $aDLC$cDLC
050 00 $aHB1
100 1 $aFryer, Roland G.
245 14 $aThe black-white test score gap through third grade$h[electronic resource] /$cRoland G. Fryer, Steven D. Levitt.
260 $aCambridge, MA :$bNational Bureau of Economic Research,$cc2005.
490 1 $aNBER working paper series ;$vworking paper 11049
538 $aSystem requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.
538 $aMode of access: World Wide Web.
500 $aTitle from PDF file as viewed on 2/8/2005.
530 $aAlso available in print.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
520 3 $a"This paper describes basic facts regarding the black-white test score gap over the first four years of school. Black children enter school substantially behind their white counterparts in reading and math, but including a small number of covariates erases the gap. Over the first four years of school, however, blacks lose substantial ground relative to other races; averaging .10 standard deviations per school year. By the end of third grade there is a large Black-White test score gap that cannot be explained by observable characteristics. Blacks are falling behind in virtually all categories of skills tested, except the most basic. None of the explanations we examine, including systematic differences in school quality across races, convincingly explain the divergent academic trajectory of Black students"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.
650 0 $aAfrican American children$xEducation (Elementary)
650 0 $aEducational tests and measurements$zUnited States.
650 0 $aTest bias$zUnited States.
650 0 $aEducation (Elementary)$xSocial aspects$zUnited States.
700 1 $aLevitt, Steven D.
710 2 $aNational Bureau of Economic Research.
830 0 $aWorking paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research : Online) ;$vworking paper no. 11049.
856 40 $uhttp://papers.nber.org/papers/W11049