2018
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2745527
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Do Test Score Gaps Grow Before, During, or between the School Years? Measurement Artifacts and What We Can Know in Spite of Them

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“…This article challenges older findings from seasonal comparisons studies that found equalizing effects of schooling in the US and other European countries and accord with more recent accounts that questioned those earlier findings based on methodological shortcomings (von Hippel & Hamrock, 2019b;von Hippel et al, 2018).…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 70%
“…This article challenges older findings from seasonal comparisons studies that found equalizing effects of schooling in the US and other European countries and accord with more recent accounts that questioned those earlier findings based on methodological shortcomings (von Hippel & Hamrock, 2019b;von Hippel et al, 2018).…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 70%
“…Language is the basis for reading and school success. Currently in the United States, there is a large and significant income achievement gap in reading skills when children enter kindergarten (Reardon, ; Von Hippel & Hamrock, ). Indeed, income disparities found in vocabulary skills in kindergarten are the main reason for the income achievement gap in later academic skills (Durham et al., ).…”
Section: Language Is Key To Children's School Achievementmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The SES‐based achievement gap in language and literacy skills in the United States grows the most during early childhood and is large at the start of kindergarten . Most parent‐focused interventions to improve the development of children's language and literacy have targeted middle‐SES families or families with children who have language delays, but a growing number of promising parenting interventions that focus on the word gap aim to prevent it from emerging (e.g., Providence Talks , Thirty Million Words ).…”
Section: Implications For Intervention and Suggestions For Researchmentioning
confidence: 99%