Anna K. Chmielewski|Sean F. Reardon
Patterns of Cross-National Variation in the Association Between Income and Academic Achievement
University of Toronto|Stanford University
recent paper reardon found relationship family income childrens academic achievement grew substantially stronger 1980s 1990s united states provide international context results examining incomeachievement association 19 organisation economic cooperation development countries using data progress international reading literacy study programme international student assessment first calculate compare magnitude income achievement gaps across sample countries second investigate association size countrys income achievement gap income inequality variety country characteristics find considerable variation across countries income achievement gaps moreover us income achievement gap quite large comparison sample countries multivariate analyses show income achievement gap positively associated educational differentiation modestly negatively associated curricular standardization positively associated national levels poverty inequality