@thinktogether: Since No Child Left Behind Study Shows Achievement Gap is Narrowing

Monday, October 5, 2009

Since No Child Left Behind Study Shows Achievement Gap is Narrowing

The news from a major new education study is encouraging: Student achievement is going up, and the gaps in test scores between subgroups – such as between African-Americans and whites – are closing across all grade levels and subjects.

The study, released Thursday by the Center on Education Policy (CEP), examines student performance in all 50 states since 2002, when the No Child Left Behind Act took effect. It paid particular attention to the achievement gaps for minority and low-income students.

The chart above was published as part of a story about the study's findings in the Christian Science Monitor (csmonitor.com).

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