Houmark, Mikkel Aagaard; Ronda, Victor; Agerbo, Esben; … - 2022
Socioeconomic (SES) gaps in academic achievement are well documented. We show that a very similar gap exists with … during elementary school, but only among the low SES children. Consequently, the high PGS children experience the largest … achievement growth over the school years, even if they are born in socioeconomic disadvantage. While the SES gaps are partly due …