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ERIC Number: EJ480432
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1993
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ISSN: ISSN-0196-5042
Gender, Race, Chapter I Participation: The Effects of Individual Characteristics upon Academic Performance in the Elementary Grades.
Ikpa, Vivian
Educational Research Quarterly, v16 n1 p15-24 Jan 1993
A study of the effects of gender, race, and participation in the Chapter 1 program on the achievement gap between students in grade 3 (mandated busing year) and grade 4 (after termination of busing) for 434 students in Norfolk (Virginia) indicates declines in achievement test score for both African-American and white students. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Black Students, Busing, Desegregation Effects, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Grade 3, Grade 4, Individual Differences, Racial Differences, School Desegregation, Student Characteristics, Test Results, White Students
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: African Americans; Descriptive Research; Education Consolidation Improvement Act Chapter 1; Virginia (Norfolk)