Estimating Cognitive Gaps between Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Australians

Autor/inn/en	Leigh, Andrew; Gong, Xiaodong
Titel	Estimating Cognitive Gaps between Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Australians
Quelle	In: Education Economics, 17 (2009) 2, S.239-261 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0964-5292
Schlagwörter	Statistical Analysis; Cognitive Tests; Foreign Countries; Educational Opportunities; Racial Differences; Indigenous Populations; Longitudinal Studies; Scores; Surveys; Cognitive Ability; Socioeconomic Status; Family Income; Parent Background; Educational Attainment; Achievement Gap; Educational Policy; Early Childhood Education; Australia; Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Statistische Analyse; Kognitiver Fähigkeitstest; Ausland; Bildungsangebot; Bildungschance; Rassenunterschied; Sinti und Roma; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Denkfähigkeit; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Familieneinkommen; Elternhaus; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Australien
Abstract	Improving cognitive skills of young children has been suggested as a possible strategy for equalising opportunities across racial groups. Using data on four and five year olds in the Longitudinal Survey of Australian Children, we focus on two cognitive tests: the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, and the "Who Am I?" test. We estimate the test score gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous children to be about 0.3-0.4 standard deviations, suggesting that the typical Indigenous five year old has a similar test score to the typical non-Indigenous four year old. Between one-third and two-thirds of the Indigenous/non-Indigenous test score gap appears to be due to socio-economic differences, such as income and parental education. We review the literature on test score differences in Australia, and observe that our estimated gaps are lower than most of those found in the literature. This implies that the test score gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous children may widen during school years, a finding that has implications for policies aimed at improving educational opportunities for Indigenous children. (Contains 11 notes, 13 tables and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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