An Uneven Start: Indicators of Inequality in School Readiness.Richard J. Coley coley Noun Brit an edible fish with white or grey flesh [perhaps from coalfish] . Educational Testing Service The Educational Testing Service (or ETS) is the world's largest private educational testing and measurement organization, operating on an annual budget of approximately $1.1 billion on a proforma basis in 2007. , 2002. 75 pp. The report shares the results of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study longitudinal study a chronological study in epidemiology which attempts to establish a relationship between an antecedent cause and a subsequent effect. See also cohort study. , Kindergarten Class of 1998-99, in which a nationally representative sample of children were followed from kindergarten through 1st grade. The results revealed disturbing levels of inequality in both reading and mathematics readiness for school as the researchers studied race/ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status socioeconomic status, n the position of an individual on a socio-economic scale that measures such factors as education, income, type of occupation, place of residence, and in some populations, ethnicity and religion. (SES), and the interaction of race/ethnicity and SES. The results are grouped according to reading, mathematics, and children's reading experiences at home. In addition to describing the disparities of home reading experiences, factors that may mean children are at-risk are discussed. Copies of the report can be downloaded from www.ets.org/research /pic. |
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