Document Type
Brief
Publication Date
3-1-2004
Keywords
less-advantaged students
Series Title
Office for Education Policy
Series Number
Volume 01 Issue 03
Abstract
Educators across Arkansas and the nation are sharpening their focus on “achievement gaps,” or those areas in which less-advantaged students perform poorly compared to their more advantaged peers. The No Child Left Behind Act, nationally, and the Lake View case, in Arkansas, are driving state and local education policymakers to address these achievement gaps to ensure that all student subgroups perform at high standards. Reducing these achievement gaps can have myriad social benefits, not the least of which is reducing racial inequality in educational achievement and future inequality in employment and earnings.
Citation
McKenzie, S. C., & Ritter, G. W. (2004). Understanding the Achievement Gap. Policy Briefs. Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/oepbrief/140