Eighth-grade students are averaging their lowest-ever reading scores since the Department of Education began tracking nationwide progress in 1992 #Education #ReadingScores #Students #NAEP #PandemicImpact #LearningLoss #Schools #AchievementGap #Gizmodo

U.S. Students Post Lowest Read...
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Achievement gaps between white, Black and Hispanic students in elementary school are primarily explained by differences in family socioeconomic status. #AchievementGap #EducationalEquity #SocioeconomicStatus @blackmastodon #BlackMastodon @sociology
https://theconversation.com/socioeconomic-status-explains-most-of-the-racial-and-ethnic-achievement-gaps-in-elementary-school-237931
Socioeconomic status explains most of the racial and ethnic achievement gaps in elementary school

Achievement gaps between white, Black and Hispanic students can be substantially explained by one factor: Their family’s socioeconomic status.

The Conversation

"Finding large and persistent (even increasing) achievement gaps in Norway suggests that there are substantial limitations to what an educational system in an affluent welfare state with relatively little income inequality can achieve in equalizing opportunity."

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https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.3102/0013189X221142596