Sentences with phrase «slightly narrowing achievement gaps»

The results give us reason to hope, though, from slightly narrowing achievement gaps to consistent reading performance and long - term gains in math.

Not exact matches

SED found the achievement gap stands at about 20 percentage points, though it has been narrowed slightly over the last two years.

Given this, the fact that during the 90s the gap in achievement measured by NAEP increased only slightly in math and increased in reading but began to narrow again BEFORE NCLB should be celebrated as an achievement of hard working schools facing deteriorating conditions within their communities.

Though recent NAEP data shows that the achievement gap has narrowed slightly in recent years (see Figure 1), neither NCLB nor Obama's more recent Race to the Top initiative have made a sizable impact on the gap.