Achievement gap in the United States
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Achievement gap refers to the observed and persistent disparity on a number of educational measures between the performance of groups of students, especially groups defined by gender, race/ethnicity, and socioeconomic status. The achievement gap can be observed on a variety of measures, including standardized test scores, grade point average, dropout rates, and college-enrollment and -completion rates. While this article focuses on the achievement gap in the United States, various gaps exist between groups in other nations as well. Research into the causes of gaps in student achievement between low-income minority students and middle-income white students have been ongoing since the publication of the report, "Equality of Educational Opportunity" (more widely known as the Coleman Report), commissioned by the U.S. Department of Education in 1966. That research suggests that both in-school factors and home/community factors impact the academic achievement of students and contribute to the gap.
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- Related: Achievement ideology, African American education, Thomas Sowell, Race and intelligence, Sex and intelligence, Generation gap, Income gap, Marriage gap, Gender differences, Gender pay gap, Occupational segregation, Stereotype threat
| Education Week: Achievement Gap Education Week: Achievement Gap www.edweek.org/context/topics/issuespage.cfm?id=61 - Web |
| The achievement gap and desegregation The achievement gap and desegregation muse.jhu.edu/journals/social_forces/v082/82.3schafer.html - Web |
| What Schools Can Do to Reduce the Achievement Gap What Schools Can Do to Reduce the Achievement Gap www.ers.org/otsp/otsp3.htm - Web |
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| Racial Disparities and Discrimination in Education Racial Disparities and Discrimination in Education www7.nationalacademies.org/cnstat/Farkas.doc - Web |
