- Measured by Item Response Theory (IRT) 
- Scores derived from standardized tests of Math and Reading.

University of Connecticut

The study combines data from two nationally representative cohort longitudinal surveys to compare Asian American and white students in their educational trajectories from kindergarten through high school. 
- Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Cohort (ECLS-K) 
- Education Longitudinal Study (ELS) 

Data and Methods

- Students who entered kindergarten in 1998 were interviewed in kindergarten and in the first, third, fifth, and eighth grades. 

Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Cohort (ECLS-K)

- High school sophomores in 2002 with reinterviews in 2004. 


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