Race and the Achievement Gap

One potential explanation for racial achievement gaps is that they are largely due to socioeconomic disparities between white, black, and Hispanic families.

Achievement Gaps | NAEP - National Center for Education Statistics

Achievement gaps occur when one group of students (e.g., students grouped by race/ethnicity, gender) outperforms another group and the ...

Race and the Achievement Gap - Rethinking Schools

Using standardized tests to measure achievement perpetuates a system of institutionalized racism and lends the cloak of science to discriminatory practices.

Racial achievement gap in the United States - Wikipedia

The racial achievement gap in the United States refers to disparities in educational achievement between differing ethnic/racial groups.

Post 5: Racial Differences in Educational Experiences and Attainment

Racial disparities in education persist beyond high school and into postsecondary education and are evident in the differences in college ...

Who's to Blame for the Black-White Achievement Gap?

Poor students of all races perform worse on tests than more-affluent students. It's true of the SATs and every other standardized test. And ...

Tracing Black-white achievement gaps since the Brown decision

The four charts below show that achievement follows a bumpy path. Black students tended to make remarkable gains in the 1970s and 1980s, narrowing the ...

The achievement gap in education: Racial segregation versus ...

This evidence strongly suggests segregation's effect on current racial gaps are largely due to segregation by poverty, rather than segregation by race.

Rethinking the Achievement Gap | Penn GSE

The achievement gap is the persistent disparity in academic achievement between minority and disadvantaged students and their white counterparts.

The Racial Achievement Gap, Segregated Schools, and Segregated ...

Schools that the most disadvantaged black children attend are segregated because they are located in segregated high-poverty neighborhoods.

Fordham report examines achievement gaps and socioecomics

The study's resulting analysis shows that “a broad set of family SES factors explains a substantial portion of racial achievement gaps: between ...

The racial achievement gap: The danger of a single story of Black ...

The racial achievement gap: The danger of a single story of Black students. by Mercy Agyepong. February 1, 2023.

Black-White Achievement Gap: Role of Race, School Urbanity, and ...

Although Black and White students' academic achievement gap improved across time, this gap still exists and substantial especially in urban ...

Explaining Achievement Gaps: The Role of Socioeconomic Factors

Results show that a broad set of family SES factors explains a substantial portion of racial achievement gaps: between 34 and 64 percent of the ...

Why Blacks Must Be Responsible for Closing the Racial ...

It's no secret that black students fare poorly on the academic achievement scale. Their scores on standardized achievement tests, their academic ...

6 actions for closing racial gaps in schools | K-12 Dive

Attending a high-quality pre-K program can close as much as 50% of the racial achievement gap, according to research cited in the report.

50 years ago, one report introduced Americans to the black-white ...

First, it revealed an enormous achievement gap between America's black and white students. Second, it suggested that the gap arose largely from ...

Why the racial achievement gap persists in D.C. and how to fix it

Eighty-two percent of White students were proficient in reading, compared with 23 percent of Black students. In math, 75 percent of White ...

Adia Jones: 'Achievement gap' is rooted in systemic racism

The achievement gap in education is defined as “the disparity in academic performance between groups of students,” normally in reference to Black students and ...

The term 'achievement gap' fosters a negative view of Black students

This suggests the term “achievement gap” tends to intensify racial stereotypes among who people already hold them. Why it matters. In working to ...