Sentences with phrase «racial academic achievement gaps»

Unlike income achievement gaps, the racial academic achievement gaps have declined significantly over the past four decades, the researchers said, so the recent narrowing of the racial readiness gap among kindergarteners is merely a continuation of the trend.

Nevertheless, racial academic achievement gaps in fourth grade fell at roughly the same rate as kindergarten entry gaps, Reardon said, adding, «This suggests that the primary source of the reduction in racial achievement gaps in fourth grade is the reduction in kindergarten readiness gaps, not a reduction in the rate at which gaps change between kindergarten and fourth grade.»

Nonetheless, «racial academic achievement gaps in fourth grade declined at roughly the same rate as kindergarten entry gaps,» said Reardon.

Since the Reagan administration's «A Nation at Risk» report pronounced that schools across the country were failing, every president has touted a new plan to close the racial academic achievement gap: President Obama installed Race to the Top; George W. Bush had No Child Left Behind; and Clinton pushed Goals 2000.

Not exact matches

Half a century has passed since the publication of the Coleman Report, and the persistent racial gaps in achievement, academic attainment, earnings, crime, poverty, and extensive school segregation that remain provide prima facie evidence that equality of opportunity remains elusive.

«I actually wanted insight into the school's racial achievement gap,» he says, «and thought a survey on how the students perceived the school — academics, teachers, extracurriculars, safety, and social morale — would reveal differences between racial groups.»

The only reform that ever matters in education is doing whatever it takes to lift student academic achievement and reduce the scandalous racial gap in learning.

«Given the strong influence of poverty on student academic achievement, these changes have increased the challenge of improving student outcomes in IPS,» the report read, promising a plan to cultivate schools capable of erasing the achievement gap associated with inner city schools where high levels of poverty and greater racial diversity exist.

The report defines what it means to be academically prepared at key steps in a student's education, examines Illinois students» academic performance from early childhood education to postsecondary, calls attention to lingering racial and economic achievement gaps, and shares information on the school environment and other factors that contribute to student success.

Although it is clear that racial segregation is linked to academic achievement gaps, the mechanisms underlying this link have been debated since Coleman published his eponymous 1966 report.

It includes measures of academic achievement and achievement gaps for school districts and counties, as well as district - level measures of racial and socioeconomic composition, racial and socioeconomic segregation patterns, and other features of the schooling system.

Despite some significant academic gains over the years, serious achievement gaps persist among many of our students, particularly those from several racial and ethnic groups.

Academics with the Civil Rights Project at UCLA say that softening disciplinary practices would be minimal and manageable, and that resolving unequal discipline is necessary to reduce the racial achievement gap.

Florida Education Commissioner Pam Stewart says her top goal is to close the academic achievement gap between students of different racial and economic backgrounds.

The risk of confirming negative stereotypes about one's social group, known as stereotype threat, depresses academic achievement among students of color and contributes to racial gaps in achievement.

Within a decade, the search for justice gave birth to another big idea: Not only would racial walls come down on campuses, no longer would it be right to have major gaps between the academic achievement of white and minority students.

Index 3: Closing Performance Gaps emphasizes the academic achievement of economically disadvantaged students and the two lowest - performing racial / ethnic student groups.

Although the racial «achievement gap,» or disparity in academic performance between students of color and their white counterparts, is a well - documented area of concern, nationalized policy efforts to close the gap have been largely unsuccessful.

i3 funds are competitive grants (Development, Validation and Scale - up) given to LEAs and nonprofit organizations that have significantly closed the achievement gaps between economically disadvantaged students, students from major racial and ethnic groups, students with limited English proficiency, students with disabilities; or have demonstrated success in significantly increasing student academic achievement for all groups of students; or have made significant improvements in other areas such as graduate rates or increased recruitment and placement of high - quality teachers and principals.