AchievemenTrap: How America is Failing Millions of High-Achieving Students from Lower-Income Families
Author(s):
Wyner, J., Bridgeland, J., DiIulio, J.
Publisher:
Jack Kent Cooke Foundation
Date Published:
August, 2007 This report compares academic achievement patterns of high-achieving students from lower-income families and higher-income families. It examines various aspects of achievement, including differences in persistence and gaps in college and graduate school completion. Differences among the two groups are highlighted using vignettes on lower-income students and the challenges they face, in addition to data and statistics.
Download a copy of AchievemenTrap: How America is Failing Millions of High-Achieving Students from Lower-Income Families (PDF, 3.22 MB) from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Web site.
