Closing achievement gaps: lessons from the last 15 years: how educators look at achievement gaps will determine their success in reducing them. The guidelines and caveats presented here will help educators get a good start.(Report) Phi Delta Kappan (11/1/2009)
...At first glance, closing the achievement gap seems fairly straightforward...children in all groups. While the achievement gap literature defines equity in...success" found in much of the achievement gap literature, which ...
Which achievement gap?(educational achievement) Phi Delta Kappan (3/1/2007)
The terms "achievement gap" and "AYP" are often...closing the achievement gap? And shouldn't we...multiple achievement gaps? The authors explain...closing their internal gaps--because they are raising the ...
Secondary mathematics teachers' perceptions of the achievement gap. High School Journal (4/1/2005)
...contributing to the achievement gap and ways to reduce this...gaps in mathematics achievement among different racial...groups. Moreover, these achievement differences grow as...White achievement gaps (Lee, ...
Diversity: the windows of opportunity in overcoming the academic achievement gap between African-American and white students and in overcoming racially discriminatory myths of African American students in public education. Forum on Public Policy: A Journal of the Oxford Round Table (3/22/2007)
...the elimination of the academic achievement gap between African-American and...discussing the academic achievement gap, the Minority Student Achievement...study noted that the achievement gaps are not ...
NEW EDUCATIONAL GOALS CAN CLOSE ACHIEVEMENT GAPS.(EDITORIAL)(Column) The Capital Times (Madison, WI) (5/3/2001)
...necessarily help close the gap on ACT scores. On the algebra priority the achievement gap has widened; the percent...algebra before 10th grade. The gap between white and African...explain away these serious gaps. Far too many ...
Black-White Achievement Gap Smaller in Va. Than Md. The Washington Post (7/15/2009)
...we seek to raise the achievement of all students...white achievement gap significantly in fourth...points in Virginia. The gap in that subject for...The report found that gaps were virtually unchanged...eighth-grade reading ...
Next steps: closing the racial gap: California educators are collaborating this month on a comprehensive plan for closing the state's achievement gap. Leadership (11/1/2007)
...significant gains in student achievement. Those gains can be translated...ethnic and economic achievement gaps. Gaps can't be explained by poverty...Performance Index reveals achievement gaps in California that are ...
Untangling the achievement gap's factors: 'gaps intersected and converged like earthquake fault lines; what affected one rippled through the others.'. Nieman Reports (3/22/2006)
...about education: What is the gap? What are its causes and consequences...Child Left Behind Act of 2001, achievement gaps have gained more prominence...if the words "achievement gap" are becoming more of a metaphoric...only one or two ...
A SPECIAL SECTION ON THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP - Reframing the Achievement Gap. Phi Delta Kappan (4/1/2005)
...equally important, but most "achievement gap critics" emphasize the former...for failing to eliminate the gap and indeed for enlarging it...performing equally in school; the gap typically worsens as children...actually targets two ...
CLOSE GAP IN STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.(Editorial) Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) (3/1/2002)
...reaching higher levels of achievement than ever before. Unfortunately...students. This achievement gap is persistent. It is...historically, in some cases the gap is actually getting wider...documenting achievement gaps in ...
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