| AchievementGap.info |
Why should I be concerned about the Achievement Gap?
Again, below is information from other websites on this topic. Woven into that fabric are bits of
personal input.
Taking measures to ensure equitable quality education for all students is the right thing to do.
[document] developed by the Research Practitioner Council and approved by the Governing
Board of the Minority Student Achievement Network in June 2003
“Eliminating the gap is not only the right thing to do, but it is essential to ensure the future of
our democracy…etc. Because achievement is not innately determined, children will achieve
when they are effectively taught how to learn…”
(www.pbs.org/closingtheachievementgap/debate_minding.html)
Closing the black-white test score gap would probably do more to promote racial equality in
the United States than any other strategy now under serious consideration.
It’s the law.
(www.whitehouse.gov/news/reports/no-child-left-behind.html) The No Child Left Behind
Act mandates the improvement in academic performance of disadvantaged students. “States
must develop a system of sanctions and rewards to hold districts and schools accountable for
improving academic achievement… Consequences for schools that fail to educate
disadvantaged students will first receive assistance, and then come under corrective action if
they fail to make progress. If schools fail to make adequate yearly progress for three
consecutive years, disadvantaged students may use Title 1 funds to transfer to a higher-
performing public or private school, or receive supplemental educational services from a
provider of choice.”
(www.education.ky.gov/KDE/Instructional+Resources/Closing+the+Gap...)
In 2003, Kentucky legislators added a provision to state law that requires each and every
Kentucky School to address academic achievement gaps in their school by examining
disaggregated student data, and setting targets.”
Using best practices to reach all of our students makes us better teachers.
Again, below is information from other websites on this topic. Woven into that fabric are bits of
personal input.
Taking measures to ensure equitable quality education for all students is the right thing to do.
[document] developed by the Research Practitioner Council and approved by the Governing
Board of the Minority Student Achievement Network in June 2003
“Eliminating the gap is not only the right thing to do, but it is essential to ensure the future of
our democracy…etc. Because achievement is not innately determined, children will achieve
when they are effectively taught how to learn…”
(www.pbs.org/closingtheachievementgap/debate_minding.html)
Closing the black-white test score gap would probably do more to promote racial equality in
the United States than any other strategy now under serious consideration.
It’s the law.
(www.whitehouse.gov/news/reports/no-child-left-behind.html) The No Child Left Behind
Act mandates the improvement in academic performance of disadvantaged students. “States
must develop a system of sanctions and rewards to hold districts and schools accountable for
improving academic achievement… Consequences for schools that fail to educate
disadvantaged students will first receive assistance, and then come under corrective action if
they fail to make progress. If schools fail to make adequate yearly progress for three
consecutive years, disadvantaged students may use Title 1 funds to transfer to a higher-
performing public or private school, or receive supplemental educational services from a
provider of choice.”
(www.education.ky.gov/KDE/Instructional+Resources/Closing+the+Gap...)
In 2003, Kentucky legislators added a provision to state law that requires each and every
Kentucky School to address academic achievement gaps in their school by examining
disaggregated student data, and setting targets.”
Using best practices to reach all of our students makes us better teachers.
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |