The Politics of Achievement Gaps: U.S. Public Opinion on Race-Based and Wealth-Based Differences in Test Scores

Autor/inn/en	Valant, Jon; Newark, Daniel A.
Titel	The Politics of Achievement Gaps: U.S. Public Opinion on Race-Based and Wealth-Based Differences in Test Scores
Quelle	In: Educational Researcher, 45 (2016) 6, S.331-346 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
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Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-189X
DOI	10.3102/0013189X16658447
Schlagwörter	Politics of Education; Achievement Gap; Public Opinion; Racial Differences; Social Class; Scores; African American Students; White Students; Hispanic American Students; Surveys; Social Science Research; Likert Scales; Socioeconomic Status; Social Bias; Preferences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Öffentliche Meinung; Rassenunterschied; Social classes; Soziale Klasse; African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Hispanoamerikaner; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Social scientific research; Sozialwissenschaftliche Forschung; Likert-Skala; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status
Abstract	For decades, researchers have documented large differences in average test scores between minority and White students and between poor and wealthy students. These gaps are a focal point of reformers' and policymakers' efforts to address educational inequities. However, the U.S. public's views on achievement gaps have received little attention from researchers, despite playing an important role in shaping policymakers' behaviors. Drawing on randomized experiments with a nationally representative sample of adults, we explore the public's beliefs about test score gaps and its support for gap-closing initiatives. We find that Americans are more concerned about--and more supportive of proposals to close--wealth-based achievement gaps than Black-White or Hispanic-White gaps. Americans also explain the causes of wealth-based gaps more readily. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01