Building off of the previous node, the reason for any achievement gap between international and domestic students may be based on a lack of readiness for college life/classes. What this article does in lending to the discussion of the domestic/international student achievement gap is acknowledging that each student (from either category) has differences in their background that differentiate them from each other. The article created their study based on subgroups for domestic and international students to analyze the problem of college readiness and educational engagement, which can influence the educational outcome of each student and the achievement gap that forms as a result.