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The Gap within the Gap: Using Longitudinal Data to Understand Income Differences in Student Achievement

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  • Susan Dynarski

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Gaps in educational achievement between high- and low-income children are growing. Administrative datasets maintained by states and districts lack information about income but do indicate whether a student is eligible for subsidized school meals. This paper leverages the longitudinal structure of these datasets to develop a new measure of persistent economic disadvantage. The measures proposed by this paper can be used in evaluations to estimate heterogeneous effects, to improve value-added calculations, and to better target resources. [Working Paper 22474]

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  • Katherine Michelmore & Susan Dynarski, 2016. "The Gap within the Gap: Using Longitudinal Data to Understand Income Differences in Student Achievement," Working Papers id:11153, eSocialSciences.
    • Handle: RePEc:ess:wpaper:id:11153
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    • I24 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Inequality
    • I28 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Government Policy
    • I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty

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