Worst of All–the Low-Income Achievement Gap
We’ve looked at the racial achievement gap from a couple of different angles. Based on the attention this particular measurement gets, you might assume that race is the deciding factor in education. I think you might be wrong. When you look at the low-income achievement gap, you get a different picture. When the SAT and the NAEP analyze their data, they divide results into groups. The College Board (SAT) establishes groups based on race/ethnicity and also on gender. The NAEP, however, analyzes scores based on nine different metrics. While they include race and gender, they also study seven other parameters, […]