New reports offer insight on achievement gap debate

With “Race to the Top” federal funding, the state’s legislative interim committee on Public School Finance and other education reform efforts in the headlines, we thought that an update on new research related to one of the key topics in education opportunity might be in order.

Three recent reports on the achievement gaps experienced by low-income and minority students in our schools each view the topic through slightly different lenses but shed collective light on our understanding of this important issue. They also illustrate that common ground can and should exist between those who believe out-of-school factors must be addressed in order to close the gaps, and those who champion the role of school-based reforms.

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