Sentences with phrase «although racial gaps»

The statewide four - year graduation rate and the graduation rate among black students have both increased in recent years, although racial gaps are still striking.

Not exact matches

In a second study, Supovitz and Brennan (1997) found that gender, socioeconomic, and racial inequities existed when portfolio performance was compared to standardized test performance, although the Rochester portfolios closed the gaps between blacks and whites and widened the gaps between boys and girls.

Although it is clear that racial segregation is linked to academic achievement gaps, the mechanisms underlying this link have been debated since Coleman published his eponymous 1966 report.

The Education Trust - Midwest, a non-partisan education policy and research organization, notes that although there was some improvement overall, the M - STEP results still show evidence of economic and racial achievement gaps.

Although the racial «achievement gap,» or disparity in academic performance between students of color and their white counterparts, is a well - documented area of concern, nationalized policy efforts to close the gap have been largely unsuccessful.