The study documented in this report used multiple datasets to confirm and extend earlier findings. Specifically, this study included three sets of analyses designed to investigate the relationship between black-white differences in prior educational achievement and a variety of subsequent outcomes:⁴

•  The first set of analyses considered the extent to which black-white differences in labor market outcomes were present for young adults as a whole and for young adults with similar levels of prior educational achievement.

•   The second set of analyses considered the extent to which black-white differences in educational attainment were present for young adults as a whole and for young adults with similar levels of prior educational achievement.

•  The final set of analyses considered the extent to which black-white differences in mathematics and reading achievement were present for children as a whole and for children with similar levels of prior educational achievement. These analyses also considered the extent to which black-white achievement gaps varied in size during elementary and secondary school.