Publisher: Stanford University
Author(s): Reardon, Sean F.
Published: February 2012
Analyzes growth in income inequality and the “income achievement gap” in test scores of children in high- and low-income families over fifty years. Examines parents’ education and investment in cognitive development as factors in children’s achievement.
Funder(s): Brookings Institution, Russell Sage Foundation, Spencer Foundation
Subject(s): Elementary and Secondary Education; Social Science; Education