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In a recent story on elementary school students’ reading achievement, “Making Sure Mass. 3rd Graders are Strong Readers,” WBUR interviewed the founder […]
Tag: Achievement Gap
Study Shows Poverty Can Suppress a Child’s Potential to Excel
According to a new paper from researchers at the University of Texas at Austin, growing up in poverty can stunt a child’s […]
New Study Shows Achievement Gap Persists
A study released yesterday from the Council of the Great City Schools, an organization representing 66 of the nation’s large urban public […]
2010 Statewide Test Scores Released
Yesterday, Governor Patrick released the 2010 school and district MCAS results and congratulated 187 newly-named “Commendation Schools” for their progress in closing […]
The Achievement Gap and Graduation Rates
Less than half of black males–47%–graduated from high school in the 2007-08 academic year, according to “Yes We Can: The 2010 Schott […]
Study Shows Progress on Closing Achievement Gap Stalled
The Educational Testing Service has released a new report showing that after a long period of progress in narrowing the educational attainment […]
New National Numbers on High-poverty Schools
The National Center for Education Statistics has just released its 2010 Condition of Education report, an in-depth examination of 49 indicators on […]
Boston Increases Reading Scores on Nation’s Report Card
Good news for Boston in the latest release from the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP): Fourth graders in Boston Public Schools […]