It says the achievement gap between black and white students in fourth and eighth grade was the largest in the nation, in both math and reading. (wuwm.com)
Another way to assess the performance of the education system with respect to racial disparities in achievement is to compare the subsequent performance of black and white students with similar initial scores. (educationnext.org)
[10] The authors then attempt to get closer to studying disparities in discipline conditional on student behavior by comparing outcomes for black and white students who participated in the same fight. (educationnext.org)