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Achievement Gaps by Parental Income and Education Using Population-Level Data from Norway

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  • Sandsør, Astrid Marie Jorde

    (University of Oslo)

  • Zachrisson, Henrik Daae
  • Karoly, Lynn A.
  • Dearing, Eric

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We study a decade of achievement gaps 5th through 10th grade by parental income and education in Norway using administrative population data. Norway is a wealthy and egalitarian country with a homogeneous educational system, yet achievement gaps between students at the 90th and 10th percentiles of parental income and between students with parents who have at least a master and at most a high school degree are large (0.55-0.93 and 0.70-0.99 standard deviations, respectively), increasing by grade level. Gaps are equivalent to approximately 2-2.5 years of schooling. Income achievement gaps increased by about 10% of a standard deviation over the 11-year time period, whereas education achievement gaps remained stable. This suggests that the choice of socioeconomic indicator measure may explain why researchers disagree on trends in achievement gaps.

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  • Sandsør, Astrid Marie Jorde & Zachrisson, Henrik Daae & Karoly, Lynn A. & Dearing, Eric, 2021. "Achievement Gaps by Parental Income and Education Using Population-Level Data from Norway," EdArXiv unvcy_v1, Center for Open Science.
    • Handle: RePEc:osf:edarxi:unvcy_v1
    DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/unvcy_v1
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