Sentences with phrase «gaps than their public school peers»

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Maryland's public school students made greater gains on a national standardized test than their peers in nearly every other state, although the achievement gap between white and minority students persists.

However, comprehensives studies show Consortium Schools have higher graduation rates, better college attendance rates, and smaller gaps in outcomes between students of color and their white peers than the rest of New York's public sSchools have higher graduation rates, better college attendance rates, and smaller gaps in outcomes between students of color and their white peers than the rest of New York's public schoolsschools.

As Commissioner of Education, Dianna Wentzell commented, «In some cases, students in choice programs made greater academic gains than their peers not enrolled in these programs (students in traditional public schools), thereby closing the achievement gap, while in other cases they did not.»

As noted above, charter principals often have less of this experience than their public school peers and this may contribute to the turnover gap.