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Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research

Lindenwood University

Theses/Dissertations

2011

Mathematics

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The Socioeconomic Achievement Gap In Mathematics, Adam Meador Mar 2011

The Socioeconomic Achievement Gap In Mathematics, Adam Meador

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Currently in the United States a gap exists in the education of high and low socio-economic students. There is an education available for the socioeconomically challenged and a different system of education for those who live in a higher socioeconomic status. The purpose of this study was to explore the achievement gap in mathematics for elementary students. Specifically, the gap between the students’ scores who attended a school with a free and reduced price meal percentage below 25% and students’ scores who attended a school with a free and reduced price meal percentage above 75% was explored. Additionally, the focus …