| Achievementgap.info |
What is the Achievement Gap?
(www.ers.org/otsp/otsp3.htm)
“When educators talk about the “achievement gap,” they are usually referring to the fact that
poor minority students, as a group, score lower on student achievement measures than do
middle-class non-minority students…etc. However, the term “achievement gap” means
different things to different people.”
(www.education.ky.gov/KDE/Instructional+Resources/Closing+the+Gap/Background...)
“All children can learn at high levels no matter their race, social-economic status, native
language, gender or whether they have a disability. So, if ANY student in ANY class is not
performing according to the state’s high standards and expectations, an achievement gap
exists.
(www.nwrel.org/cnorse/infoline/may97/article5.html)
“Although students of color made striking gains in academic performance from 1970-1988,
their achievement levels never reached parity with White students…etc. In all subjects and at
all grade levels, African American, Latino, and American Indian students still perform well
behind others.”
(www.edletter.org/past/issues/2001-mj/gap.shtml)
“…etc. the reading gap between black and white 17-year-olds (as measured by the NAEP) had
narrowed more than 40 percent from 1971 to 1994 and that the math gap had also narrowed,
though less dramatically. …etc. black students’ test performance responded well to changes
in the social and cultural environment (post civil rights movement)…But data released in
September 2000 show very different trends from those that seemed apparent just a few years
earlier. While overall scores have increased in reading and mathematics, the differences in
scores for black and white students in virtually every NAEP subject area and for every age
group are greater than they were in the late 1980s….etc. [the] gaps seem to be getting wider
each year.”
(www.will.uiuc.edu/community/townhall/whatisgap.htm)
“The racial achievement gap is the disparity between the academic outcomes of African
American students and those of their white counterparts.”
(www.schoolmatters.com)
According to this website, which posts every public school district in the state's PSSA scores,
our local public school districts are also affected by this more than significant gap.
View the powerpoint presentation in this website. The following local area school district
samples are used to show the gap in achievement between black and white students.
* Woodland Hills * Penn Hills
* East Allegheny * Steel Valley
* West Mifflin * Pittsburgh Public Schools
* Downingtown Area (not local)
(www.ucc.org/justice/action/w061202.htm)
Other gap areas include:
• Dropout rates
• Graduation rates (Wisconsin 92% of white / 40% of blacks)
“The United States Department of Education reported that from 1990 until 1999, the racial
gap in scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress widened significantly, with
‘the average black 17-year-old read only about as well as the average white 13-year-old.’”
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