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  • Public Health

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  • Racial and ethnic disparities in reading difficulties are a persistent concern in elementary education.
  • Understanding the onset, stability, and underlying factors of these differences is crucial for effective intervention.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the early onset, long-term stability, and explanatory factors of racial and ethnic differences in reading difficulties.
  • To analyze these disparities using a nationally representative cohort from kindergarten through fifth grade.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of a nationally representative cohort (N=16,088) using multivariable risk and resilience logistic regression.
  • Application of the antecedent-opportunity-propensity theoretical framework.
  • Utilized negative binomial regression models for repeated reading difficulties and robustness checks.

Main Results:

  • Significant racial and ethnic differences in reading difficulties were observed from kindergarten through fifth grade.
  • Factors such as family socioeconomic status, kindergarten reading and math achievement, working memory, and inhibitory control fully explained the initial racial/ethnic disparities.
  • These predictive factors demonstrated significant adjusted odds ratios, highlighting their importance.

Conclusions:

  • Racial and ethnic differences in reading difficulties are not solely attributable to race but are explained by other factors.
  • Interventions aimed at reducing these disparities should focus on early childhood, beginning in kindergarten.
  • Economic and educational policies should target foundational skills and socioeconomic factors to address reading difficulty gaps.