1Sociology Department at Ohio State University. He studies schools and inequality

2Sociology Department at Brigham Young University. He studies the origins of social stratification

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1“Equality of Educational Opportunity,” United States Office of Education and National Center for Education Statistics (1966). The classic large-scale study of American schools and factors related to test score performance.

2“Are ‘Failing’ Schools Really Failing? Using Seasonal Comparisons to Evaluate School Effectiveness,” Sociology of Education (2008), 81(3):242–270. Introduces impact evaluation, which isolates school from non-school factors in child achievement via seasonal comparisons.

3Children, Schools & Inequality (Westview Press, 1997). Uses data from Baltimore to show how social context shapes children's early schooling experiences.

4Summer Learning and the Effects of Schooling (Academic Press, 1978). Describes the seminal use of “seasonal comparisons to report the results of summer versus school-time learning.

5Home Advantage: Social Class and Parental Intervention in Elementary Education (Rowman & Littlefield, 2000). A vivid ethnographic account of the different ways working and middle-class families prepare their children for school and interact with teachers.