This guest blog post was written by Amanda Talan. Article: Is
there a (transracial) adoption achievement gap? A national
longitudinal analysis of adopted children's educational
performance A recent article published in Children and Youth
Services Review by Elizabeth Raleigh and Grace Kao seeks to
determine whether there are differences in educational
attainment between adopted and non-adopted children. The
article, "Is there a (transracial) adoption achievement gap? A
national longitudinal analysis of adopted children's educational
performance," also attempts to highlight potential educational
distinctions between same-race and transracial adoptees. The
report provides surprising results-- the study found that
transracial adoptees perform better than their non-adopted
counterparts (children in biological families) and that "white
same race" adoptees perform significantly worse when compared to
children in biological families. Article strengths include the
fact the report acknowledges that successful education