Overall, goals and initiatives are targeted to student learning
gaps by income level and race, challenges unique to grade levels, and transitions into higher grades.
Not exact matches
Despite progress across
income levels, though, achievement
gaps remained intact and about 40 to 50 percent of economically advantaged U.S. students still were not proficient in basic academic skills
by 2015.
In district -
level analysis, the Education Trust finds that nationally districts serving high concentrations of low -
income students receive on average $ 1,200 less in state and local funding than districts that serve low concentrations of low -
income students, and that
gap widens to $ 2,000 when comparing high - minority and low - minority districts.17 These findings are further reflected
by national funding equity measures reported
by Education Week, which indicate that wealthy school districts spend more per student than poorer school districts do on average.18
Our state closes all student achievement
gaps — at every grade
level and subject area —
by income, race, geographic location, and student need.
When people think of «urban education» in its most favorable light, they think of dedicated education professionals working hard in difficult conditions to eliminate the achievement
gap by raising the academic achievement
levels of their low -
income, disadvantaged students.
«At any
income level — low to medium to high — there's a persistent
gap by race, which is completely indefensible.
An issue brief released in May 2014
by RI Kids Count found that, while RI students are making progress in reading, large achievement
gaps persist — in fact, only 19 % of our low -
income fourth graders scored at the proficient
level in the 2013 National Assessment of Educational Progress.
The rental assistance amount is based on the
gap between the fair market rent
level for the unit (as determined
by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development) and 30 percent of the renter's monthly
income.
The
gap between rental costs and household
income is widening to unsustainable
levels in many parts of the country, and the situation could worsen unless new home construction meaningfully rises, according to new research
by the National Association of REALTORS ®.