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Educational Testing Service Studies Factors Fueling Achievement Gaps
A report released by the Educational Testing Service concludes. If the United States is ever going to shrink those gaps, it says, the nation will have to pay attention to all of the factors—in school and out—that conspire to keep African-American and Hispanic students from catching up academically with their non-Hispanic white classmates. ![]()
A new report compiled by the Educational Testing Service in Princeton, NJ., says that racial and ethnic achievement gaps in American education have deep roots that extend far beyond the schoolhouse.
If the United States is ever going to shrink those gaps, the report says, the nation will have to pay attention to all of the factors-in school and out-that conspire to keep African-American and Hispanic students from catching up academically with their non-Hispanic white classmates. ETS' aim is to give educators and policymakers a place to start tracking national progress in closing the persistent achievement differences between groups of students: a set of 14 research-based indicators linked to learning. |