Closing California's achievement gap
Test scores indicate that although the state has far to go in improving results for disadvantaged and minority students, schools have made truly laudable gains with younger students, regardless of ethnic or economic category.
California schools have made truly laudable gains with younger students, regardless of which ethnic or economic category they're in. (Los Angeles Times)
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Most of the upheaval in public education over the last decade was prompted by the achievement gap. Middle-class, white and Asian American students scored much higher on standardized tests than their disadvantaged, black and Latino counterparts. Those in the latter groups were far more likely to drop out and far less likely to attend college. The gap doomed entire subpopulations to generally lower-paid, less-fulfilling jobs as well as higher unemployment.
The reasons for the gap are many and complex. But there's no denying that at least part of it has been caused by shameful
The reasons for the gap are many and complex. But there's no denying that at least part of it has been caused by shameful
