Literacy Achievement Gap Between African American and Latino Students in Early School Years

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Abstract

This paper intends to respond whether or not African American and Latino children present difference in (1) literacy at the beginning of kindergarten, (2) literacy growth rates across years, (3) literacy achievement across level of socioeconomic status, (4) literacy achievement in regard to family structure after controlling for SES, (5) rate of growth between groups across family structure groups, and (6) literacy rate of growth between groups across different levels of SES. A series of mixed models and a sub set of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (ECLS-K) that included 7 waves were used for responding our research questions

Author

• Mario Moreno, University of Minnesota