Evidence that they would perform just as well as kids from “good homes” if they had good homes?
The problem is that those same students lose terribly over the summer break. Students from better socioeconomic strata gain over the summer break while those of lower socioeconomic strata do not. Thus, when the school year begins again, any gains made over the school year have been more than cancelled out over the summer.
This is one of the big arguments for year-round school.
In addition, higher socioeconomic status children keep making progress during the summer.