Sentences with phrase «close the racial achievement gap by»

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The «No Child Left Behind» act, signed by President Bush in January, greatly expands federal oversight of public education, mandating annual testing of children in grades 3 through 8 and one grade - level in high school, insisting every classroom teacher be fully certified and setting a 12 - year timetable for closing racial and economic achievement gaps in test scores.

The prize was awarded Sept. 16 by the Los Angeles - based Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation, which bestows the award annually to a city school district that has made notable strides in improving achievement, especially in closing gaps between students of different racial and ethnic groups.

Consider the case of Florida, which has been celebrated, especially by conservatives, for its success in closing racial achievement gaps.

The University of Chicago study found that after all the changes made by Vallas and Duncan, the reforms, «have done nothing to close the racial gaps in achievement levels.

By ALAN J. BORSUK Posted: June 20, 2005 The nation's largest teachers union and a partner organization on Monday announced a $ 500,000 grant to support efforts in Milwaukee to close achievement gaps between racial minority students and white students and between low - income students and others.

In recent years, an intense focus on closing racial and economic achievement gaps has resulted in policies and practices that can sometimes come at the expense of families that work hard and play by the rules.

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