Sentences with phrase «based educational achievement gap»

As a race - based educational achievement gap in American schools persists, a corresponding assortment of race - based health disparities follow proportionately, according to multiple studies cited by Anderson.

Not exact matches

The achievement gap between low - income and wealthy students has grown significantly, exacerbating socioeconomic and racial tensions and heightening the sense of inequality among various underserved communities, as large achievement gaps in educational outcomes based on race and ethnicity remain, or by some accounts, even worsen.

A study of one Texas school district reveals one of the best evidence - based ways ever found to close the educational achievement gap between black and white students.

One response to this observation has been to assume that the closing of achievement gaps requires group - based solutions — for example, special initiatives aimed at boys (or girls), educational solutions for Indigenous students, or government programs targeted on students from low socioeconomic backgrounds.

A decade ago, the No Child Left Behind Act ushered in an era of federal educational accountability marked by relentless focus on closing race - and income - based «achievement gaps» in test scores and graduation rates.

This is the second year the Oakland - based educational policy, research and advocacy organization has issued its District Report Cards,» compiled from publicly available data to assign districts A-F» letter grades and rankings based on four key indicators: performance, improvement, achievement gaps and college - readiness.