Educational Achievement and Black-White Inequality

Title:	Educational Achievement and Black-White Inequality
Description:	This report explores the relationship between black-white differences in educational achievement and subsequent educational and economic outcomes, including college attendance, college completion, and employment and earnings. Using data from the late 1970s through the early 1990s, this study makes comparisons between overall disparities between blacks and whites, and disparities between blacks and whites with similar levels of educational achievement, as measured by mathematics and reading test scores.
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Cover Date:	July 2001
Web Release:	July 5, 2001
Print Release:	August 28, 2001
Publication #:	NCES 2001061 General Ordering Information
Center/Program:	NCES
Authors:	Jonathan Jacobson, Cara Olsen, Jennifer King Rice, Stephen Sweetland, John Ralph
Type of Product:	Statistical Analysis Report
Survey/Program Areas:	High School and Beyond (HS&B) National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88) National Longitudinal Study of the H.S. Class of 1972 (NLS-72)
Keywords:	Achievement (Student) Blacks, Educational Progress Disadvantaged Students (Educationally) Educational Attainment Employment Labor Market Outcomes Persistence to Completion of Students in Higher Education Progress in Education • blacks Student Outcomes
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