Chart: Achievement gaps rooted in socioeconomic status exist when children enter kindergarten: Achievement at the beginning of kindergarten, second through fifth socioeconomic quintiles as compared with lowest quintile

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Achievement gaps rooted in socioeconomic status exist when children enter kindergarten: Achievement at the beginning of kindergarten, second through fifth socioeconomic quintiles as compared with lowest quintile

Variables (measured in standard deviations )	Reading	Math	Persistence in completing tasks (as reported by teachers)
Low-middle SES	0.167	0.153	0.116
Middle SES	0.345	0.372	0.177
High-middle SES	0.555	0.539	0.346
High SES	0.784	0.761	0.422

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Note: SES refers to socioeconomic status. Bars show the adjusted standard deviation score for each socioeconomic group, relative to low-SES children.

Source: EPI analysis of ECLS-K, Kindergarten Class of 2010–2011 (National Center for Education Statistics)

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