News tagged with achievement gaps

Study: Small Classes Give Extra Boost to Low-Achieving Students

(PhysOrg.com) -- Small classes in early grades improve test scores in later grades for students of all achievement levels, but low achievers get an extra boost. That’s the finding of a study on the long-term effects of class ...

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created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Racial Segregation Fuels Early Black-White Achievement Gap, Data Suggest

Racial segregation of schools, and thereby segregated neighborhoods, appears to be a leading source of academic achievement disparities between young black and white children, according to research by sociologist Dennis J. ...

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created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity 2.9 / 5 (7) | comments 4

Research examines coping strategies of African-American students in predominantly white schools

A new study examining the interactions of black and white high-achieving students in elite, private high schools reveals how today's millennial generation is negotiating race, identity and academic success. In a paper presented ...

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created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Ability grouping in elementary school hampers minority students' literacy

African-American and Hispanic students placed in ability groups for reading instruction learned less compared to demographically similar minority students who weren't grouped by ability, a new study by a University ...

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created Apr 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Middle-school math classes are key to closing racial academic achievement gap

More challenging middle-school math classes and increased access to advanced courses in predominantly black urban high schools may be the key to closing the racial academic achievement gap, according to a University of Illinois ...

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created Apr 20, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Study shows simple writing assignment improves minority student grades

In a follow-up to a 2006 study, a University of Colorado at Boulder researcher and his colleagues found that an in-class writing assignment designed to reinforce students' sense of identity and personal integrity increased ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Apr 16, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0


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