Statement of the Problem
Research on the academic achievement of impoverished urban
White students is limited. This study explores the ways in which key
factors influence student achievement for urban impoverished White
students and investigates whether the influences differ from those
identified for urban impoverished Minority students. The present
study investigates achievement gaps that are probably a function of
student demographic characteristics, and achievement equity (i.e., the
influence of school-level demographic and structural characteristics on
student achievement and on distributions of student achievement
among schools).