- Strong evidence that schools have a substantial effect on the differential between Black-White achievement gap.
- The majority of the expansion of the achievement gap with age occurs between rather than within schools in both the ECLS and TSP data.
- Identifiable school factors- the rate of student turnover, the proportion of teachers with little or no experience, and student racial composition- explain much of the growth in the achievement gap between grades 3 and 8 in Texas schools.
- Differences in school quality play a fundamental role in the growth of achievement differences with age.
- Differences in school mobility rates, in the prevalence of beginning teachers, and in the racial composition of schools combine to exacerbate early racial achievement gaps.
- School quality plays an important role in the determination of achievement and racial achievement differences.