The Achievement Gap in Connecticut
Published: Apr 09, 2010
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Connecticut continues to have the largest achievement gap in the country between poor and non-poor students. In eighth grade, Connecticut was 50 out of 50 and in fourth grade was 46 out of 50. The U.S. Department of Education recently released its biennial “National Assessment of Educational Progress" or NAEP.
NAEP results reveal that across every category in Connecticut – poor vs. non-poor, African-American vs. white, and Hispanic vs. white – the achievement gap is nearly three grade levels, and in some cases more.The study found that
- The average gap between poor and non-poor students for both the eighth and fourth grade reading tests is 2.97 grade levels.
- The gap between poor and non-poor students on the fourth grade reading test is 3.05 grade levels.
- The gap between poor and non-poor students on the eighth grade reading test is 2.89 grade levels.
View the full results at: http://nationsreportcard.gov/
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The story that Connecticut wants to tell itself is that it's because our middle class white families do so well and the truth is when you look at the national comparitive data, those families are in the middle of the pack.
-Dacia Toll, Achievement First
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