Report calls attention to achievement gap between black and white male students
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Black male students trail their white counterparts in school by alarming margins and for reasons that often are not well understood, according to a report released Tuesday.
The report from the Council of the Great City Schools, an advocacy organization for urban education, suggests that poverty is not the only factor behind the black-white achievement gap.
Federal test data show that white male students nationwide who come from families poor enough to qualify for free or reduced-price lunches outperform black males from large cities whose families are better off economically, according to the report.
The report analyzed fourth- and eighth-grade reading and math results from the 2009