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Learning Opportunity Gaps

Learning Opportunity Gaps is a construct in educational equity research that denotes systematic disparities in access to quality instructional resources, qualified teachers, and supportive learning environments, distinguishing it from broader achievement gaps by focusing on inequities in the distribution of educational inputs rather than differential outcomes.

244

Publications

15.3K

Citations

519

Authors

205

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

74

Variants

Opportunity Gaps

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Publications

244

The Learning Gap: Why Our Schools are Failing and What We Can Learn from Japanese and Chinese Education.

Merry White, Harold W. Stevenson, James W. Stigler · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 1993 · 1.3K citations

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Teacher expectations, classroom context, and the achievement gap

Clark McKown, Rhona S. Weinstein · Journal of School Psychology · 2007 · 621 citations

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Teacher Quality, Opportunity Gap, and National Achievement in 46 Countries

Motoko Akiba, Gerald K. LeTendre, Jay Paredes Scribner · Educational Researcher · 2007 · 561 citations · Full text

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The Stratification of High School Learning Opportunities

Adam Gamoran · Sociology of Education · 1987 · 530 citations

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Beyond a Test Score

H. Richard Milner · Journal of Black Studies · 2012 · 441 citations

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Authors

519

  1. MN
    Milagros Nores

    Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, United States

    2 publications · 45 citations

    3

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  2. DC
    David Crabbe

    Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

    2 publications · 104 citations

    2

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  3. FI
    Floraline I. Stevens

    Western Michigan University, United States

    2 publications · 134 citations

    2

    h-index

  4. NB
    Nathan Burroughs

    Michigan State University, United States

    2 publications · 540 citations

    2

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  5. MK
    Michael K. Salemi

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States

    2 publications · 60 citations

    2

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Institutions

205

  1. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    702 citations

  2. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    5 h-index

    11 publications

    521 citations

  3. University of Pittsburgh

    Pittsburgh, United States

    4 h-index

    11 publications

    412 citations

  4. University of Minnesota

    Minneapolis, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    174 citations

  5. University of California, Irvine

    Irvine, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    192 citations

  6. Concordia University

    Montreal, Canada

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    145 citations

  7. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    794 citations

  8. McGill University

    Montreal, Canada

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    55 citations

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Venues

  1. Educational Researcher

    ER · 5 publications · 1.1K citations

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  2. International Journal of Educational Development

    IJED · 5 publications · 117 citations

    5

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  3. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis

    4 publications · 246 citations

    4

    h-index

  4. Sociology of Education

    SOE · 3 publications · 762 citations

    3

    h-index

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