Sentences with phrase «expanded reading gap»

But the generally slow improvements in much of the rest of the country, including an expanded reading gap in the Midwest, attenuated the overall improvement.

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• Falk Elementary, a pioneer of the district's culturally responsive practices, which the district plans to expand to other schools as part of its achievement gap plan, had the second - lowest growth rate in reading and a below - average growth rate in math.

The report expands on existing evidence linking parents» economic resources to children's school readiness by showing that, in addition to gaps in cognitive skills such as math and reading, gaps in noncognitive skills like persistence, self - control, and social skills exist between socioeconomically disadvantaged and advantaged children.