• Overall score gains may mask wider achievement gaps between high - scoring and low - scoring students, with percentages of students scoring in the lower ranges stuck or increasing. (fairtest.org)
Such disparate school spending is frequently identified as a primary culprit in our nation's wide achievement gaps between students of different socioeconomic and racial backgrounds. (educationnext.org)
«We have the second - widest achievement gap in the country and the fact that we are talking about putting more on our schools and disproportionately on charters — it's just amazing to me. (minnpost.com)