Sentences with phrase «minority student academic progress»

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If minority students today deliberately underachieve in order to avoid social sanctions, that by itself could explain why the academic performance of 17 - year - old African Americans, as measured by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), has deteriorated since the late 1980s, even while that of nine - year - olds has been improving.

Some community leaders and elected officials understood that measuring the academic progress of all students would help ensure that poor or minority students were not bypassed.

Schools can win the award for overall academic achievement or for progress closing the achievement gap for low - income students, minority students, and other population subgroups.

The Blue Ribbon Award designation goes to public and private elementary, middle and high schools whose students achieve at very high levels, or have made significant academic progress and helped close gaps in achievement especially among disadvantaged and minority students.