- National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
Also known as "the Nation's Report Card," it is the only nationally representative and continuing assessment of what America's students know and can do in various subject areas such as reading, mathematics, science, writing, U.S. history, civics, geography, and the arts.
nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard
- Education Equality Project (EEP)
The Education Equality Project is a non-partisan group of elected officials, civil rights leaders, and education reformers that has formed to help ensure that America finally brings equity to an educational system that continues to fail its highest needs students.
www.educationequalityproject.org
- Wikipedia: Achievement Gap
Explains the achievement gap between the educational performance of groups of students. Includes graphs showing test scores grouped by race. Also discusses reforms to combat the gap.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achievement_gap
- Rethinking Schools: Race and the Achievement Gap
Article from the public education journal Rethinking Schools that gives the historical explanations and present-day consequences of the achievement gap between white and minority students.
www.rethinkingschools.org/archive/15_04/Race154.shtml
- Educational Research Service: What Can Schools Do to Reduce the Achievement Gap?
Overview of the achievement gap in schools. Includes a summary of causes and possible solutions. Part of the ERS On the Same Page series.
www.ers.org/otsp/otsp3.htm
- Closing the Achievement Gap: Two Views from Current Research
Compares the findings and recommendations of two studies on minority student achievement. From the ERIC Clearinghouse on Urban Education.
www.ericdigests.org/2004-3/gap.html
- Forbes.com: The Achievement Gap
Forbes article about the achievement gap between African Americans and non-blacks. Discusses how economics affects the problem. By Tim Harford.
www.forbes.com/2007/02/25/economics-discrimination-education-lead_achieve07...
- PBS: Closing the Achievement Gap (2004)
PBS documentary by Clarence Page that explores the achievement gap in American schools. Features Amistad Academy, a charter school in New Haven, Connecticut that is closing the gap.
www.pbs.org/closingtheachievementgap
- Education Commission of the States: Closing the Achievement Gap
ECS Issue Site that addresses the problem of the academic achievement gap between white and minority students. Find readings, research summaries, and statistical information on the causes and effects of the gap. Also includes links to related issues.
www.ecs.org/html/issue.asp?issueID=194
- National School Boards Association: Class and the Classroom
Article about the achievement gap between poor and middle-class black and white children in American schools. By Richard Rothstein.
www.nsba.org/site/doc.asp?TRACKID=&VID=2&CID=1234&DID=34723
- U.S. Department of Education: Achievement Gap
Read reports from the U.S. Department of Education about how No Child Left Behind (NCLB) provides stronger accountability to close the achievement gap in public schools.
www.ed.gov/nclb/accountability/achieve/edpicks.jhtml
- National Council of Teachers of Mathematics: Closing the Achievement Gap
Position statement of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) on closing the achievement gap.
www.nctm.org/about/content.aspx?id=6350
- National Governors Association: Closing the Achievement Gap
Explores state efforts to close the academic achievement gap, strategies and solutions, and pitfalls for policymakers to avoid. From the National Govenors Association Center for Best Practices.
www.subnet.nga.org/educlear/achievement
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