- Rating by teachers according to students' proficiency in Reading, Math, and Science.
- From point 1, not yet proficient to point 5, proficient
- From kindergarten to eighth grade

Measurement of academic achievement in the ECLS-K

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

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

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

- High school sophomores in 2002 with reinterviews in 2004. 


Education Longitudinal Study (ELS)

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

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