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- Title
A Test of the Educational Achievement Gap.
- Authors
SCHMIDT, JESSICA
- Abstract
The article focuses on educational achievement gap in the Toronto District School Board (TDSB). Topics discussed include factors weighing in on causes of the gap including intergenerational transmission of differential advantage, concentration of advantage by school and neighborhood and TDSB's funding structure. It examines the influence of demographic factors in a student's educational achievement such as family income, educational level of parents and living environment.
- Subjects
TORONTO (Ont.); ACHIEVEMENT gap; ACADEMIC achievement; SCHOOL districts; EDUCATION
- Publication
Our Schools / Our Selves, 2014, Vol 24, Issue 1, p103
- ISSN
0840-7339
- Publication type
Article