Asian students generally pull ahead of White students at a faster rate during summers than during school periods¶
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q3 i? Asian students generally pull ahead of White students at a faster rate during summers, per the seasonal analysis. → Megan Kuhfeld 2020
Evidence¶
Megan Kuhfeld 2020¶
Megan Kuhfeld, Dennis Condron, Doug Downey. (2020). When does inequality grow? A seasonal analysis of racial/ethnic disparities in learning from kindergarten through eighth grade. Educational Researcher. https://doi.org/10.3102/0013189X20977854
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Seasonal comparison of Asian-White and White-White growth rates across school and summer periods in the K-8 test-score dataset. The abstract states "Asian students generally pull ahead of White students at a faster rate during summers." No effect size is printed in the available text.
"whereas Asian students generally pull ahead of White students at a faster rate during summers"
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Related Claims¶
- Black-White achievement gaps widen during school periods and shrink during summers among kindergarten through eighth-grade students — related
- Black–White achievement gaps widen during the school year in both rural and nonrural schools — related
- Ever-ELs closed in on the national average by end of 4th grade, with Asian and White ever-ELs surpassing it in 2nd grade — related
- The CPS test score gap between African-American students and other ethnic groups widened over the decade because Asian, white, and Latino scores improved at faster rates — related
- A seasonal analysis of roughly 2 million students examines racial/ethnic disparities in learning from kindergarten through eighth grade — related
- The seasonal analysis of racial/ethnic disparities spans kindergarten through eighth grade — a broader claim this one bears on
- Summer learning loss is common but not inevitable among K-12 students — related
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asian-white-summer-growth-advantage |
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Asian students generally pull ahead of White students at a faster rate during summers than during school periods |
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Asian students generally pull ahead of White students at a faster rate during summers than during school periods |
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2020 |
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by process:wiki-ingest on 2026-10-08 |
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