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- N.Y.C. Wins Award for Strides in Student Achievement
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- The third time proved the charm for the New York City school system, which last week won the prestigious Broad Prize for Urban Education. more...
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- Minority Achievement
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- Over the past 25 years, minority students have made significant gains in key areas, but major gaps in achievement between minority and white students remain, according to a report. more...
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- Tighter Link Sought Between Spending, Achievement in N.Y.
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- As states look for ways to hold school districts accountable for how they use big increases in K-12 funding, New York?s experience may offer a test case in directing the flow of new money. more...
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- Growing an Achievement Gap
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- Gerald W. Bracey writes about the educational disparities between schools that have decent scores on standardized tests and those that don't. more...
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- Hispanic Achievement
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- Most Hispanic children begin kindergarten with a significantly lower level of reading readiness than their non-Hispanic white counterparts, says a study conducted by the Tempe, Ariz.-based National Task Force on Early Childhood Education for Hispanics. more...
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- Much of Achievement Gap Traced to 'Summer Slide'
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- A recent study concludes that two-thirds of the reading achievement gap can be linked to what students learned?or failed to learn?over their childhood summers. more...
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- Reading Is Fundamental Tackles Achievement Gap
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- A prominent literacy organization is launching a campaign to tackle the achievement gap between minority youngsters and their white peers. more...
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- U.S. Math Achievement
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- The scores of American students lag behind the average scores of students in most other industrialized countries on international math exams, according to a study by the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. more...
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- Rating Education Gains: Achievement Gaps, Advanced Placement Exams, Demographic Shifts and Charter Schools: What Do They Add Up To for Students?
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- By Jay Mathews We seem to be doing a bit better educating our most disadvantaged students. But many educators think that is not enough. The numbers displayed in the graphic smorgasbord known as The Condition of Education 2007, from the U.S. Education Department's National Center for Education Statistics, reveal the struggles of a generation to make schools work for all children more...
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- Data Use Improves ELL Achievement
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- A study of a representative sample of schools in California shows that schools where the principal and the district extensively used test data to improve instruction and student learning had the highest achievement for English-language learners. more...
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