The rich-poor achievement gap is much greater than the white-black achievement gap
The test score gap between the richest 10 percent and poorest 10 percent of students has grown by about 40 percent since the 1960s, according to a study by Stanford University sociologist Sean F. Reardon. That's twice the testing gap between blacks and whites, which shrunk significantly in all income levels, he said.
A separate study by University of Michigan researchers found the gap between students from rich and poor families in college completion also grew by about 50 percent since the late 1980s.
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out of 55 countries in an Urban Institute study of countries that succeed in improving academic achievement of low-income children, the U.S. ranked 36th
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Feb 25, 2012
RickBennett said...
Curtis Linton (author of EQUITY 101: THE EQUITY FRAMEWORK) pointed me to schools that have eliminated social/economic/racial/gender achievement gaps. So it is possible. Problem is, education is so politicized that the right and left are too busy scoring points against each other to really look at solving the problem.
