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Get Schooled: Next step in closing achievement gap: Moving more students beyond basic

 By Maureen Downey

In a new report on narrowing the achievement gap, Education Trust concludes, "If we are going to close America’s long-standing gaps in achievement, we need not only to bring up our low-performing low income students and students of color, but also to accelerate our middle and higher performers to even higher levels of achievement."

Writing in the forward of  "Breaking the Glass Ceiling of Achievement for Low-Income Students and Students of Color," Ed Trust President