Bottom-quartile SES students show greater progress than top-quartile students when young, but the pattern reverses at older ages¶

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Subclaims¶

q3 i? Among younger students, the lowest SES quartile advances more steeply than the highest quartile (difference in m: 0.08sd, in rd: 0.15sd), but this advantage attenuates and reverses at older ages for white, black, and to a lesser extent Hispanic students, though not Asian students. → M. Danish Shakeel · Paul E. Peterson 2022

Evidence¶

M. Danish Shakeel · Paul E. Peterson 2022¶

M. Danish Shakeel · Paul E. Peterson. (2022). A Half Century of Progress in US Student Achievement: Agency and Flynn Effects, Ethnic and SES Differences. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-021-09657-y

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Subgroup results by SES quartile (Tables 2 and 3) use an SES index from principal component analysis of a household possession index and parental education. The article states the young bottom-quartile advantage "attenuates and reverses itself at older ages for white, black, and, to a lesser extent, Hispanic students, but not for Asian ones".

"The advance for those from households in the lowest quartile of the socioeconomic status (SES) distribution is steeper than for those in the highest quartile among those tested at a younger age (difference in m: 0.08sd, in rd: 0.15sd)."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Age and Developmental Stage — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes

Related Claims¶

• Young white students progress more slowly in math and reading than Asian, black, and Hispanic students, with differences attenuating at older ages — related
• When relevant knowledge can be drawn upon, age trends in performance can reverse, with older adults outperforming younger adults on crossword puzzles — related
• Achievement progress is steeper for students tested at younger ages, especially in math — related