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Tag: Achievement Gap: Page 62

The Great Divide

The Great DivideRacial achievement gap gains recognition as national concern, but solution continues to elude educators, scholars and policymakers. By Ronald RoachAmericans know that Black and Latino children, by and large, are not reaching their full potential when it comes to learning and academic performance. But there are exceptions. The question that’s being increasingly asked […]

February 25, 2004

Saturday School

Saturday SchoolWriting in last year’s U.S. Supreme Court decision in the Grutter v. Bollinger affirmative action case, Justice Sandra Day O’Connor surmised that in 25 years race-conscious affirmative action won’t be needed because disparities in educational performance between disadvantaged minorities and their White and Asian American peers will have been eliminated. Her conjecture on the […]

February 25, 2004

Urban Test Scores Below National Average, Study Shows

Urban Test Scores Below National Average, Study ShowsStudents in some of the nation’s largest urban school districts score below the national average on federal math and reading tests, scores released last month show. But in these urban centers, where large numbers of disadvantaged kids live, students compete well when compared with national peers of the […]

January 14, 2004

Survey: High-School Graduation Rates Are Highest in West, Midwest

Survey: High-School Graduation Rates Are Highest in West, Midwest Mostly rural states in the West and Midwest have the highest percentage of residents with high-school diplomas, according to U.S. Census Bureau figures released in December. Wyoming leads the nation with 90.2 percent of residents 25 and older having graduated from high school, followed by Utah […]

December 31, 2003

ETS Identifies Factors Affecting Student Achievement

ETS Identifies Factors Affecting Student AchievementThe Educational Testing Service (ETS) released a report last month detailing more than a dozen factors related to student achievement. “The gaps in student achievement mirror inequalities in those aspects of school, early life and home circumstances that research has linked to achievement,” says Paul Barton, author of the study, […]

December 17, 2003

Shifting in Division I-A Conference Influences Graduation Rates

Shifting in Division I-A Conference Influences Graduation RatesORLANDO, Fla.Recent changes in the Division I-A conference has not only influenced the game of football but conference graduation rates as well, according to a new study. The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport at the University of Central Florida last month released “The Classroom Counts,” a […]

December 3, 2003

African-American

Public School Reform Would Close Racial Gap in Education, Authors Say

Public School Reform Would Close Racial Gap in Education, Authors SayWASHINGTONThe racial gap in learning is largely due to culture and can be narrowed by restructuring the educational system so that it rewards the best and most in-demand teachers for working in the inner cities, argue two scholars in a new book.Drs. Stephan and Abigail […]

November 19, 2003

Recruitment & Retention

Alabama State Takes New Approach To Curb Low-Retention Rates

Alabama State Takes New Approach To Curb Low-Retention RatesIn recent years, Alabama State University has enrolled a record number of students but its retention and graduation rates have been less impressive. Of the roughly 6,000 students that enter Alabama State, only 21 percent stay and graduate, according to published reports issued by the university. It is […]

October 22, 2003

Seminar Examines Latest Research in African American Education

Seminar Examines Latest Research in African American EducationPRINCETON, N.J.Education and public affairs professionals from throughout the Mid-Atlantic region gathered at the Educational Testing Service (ETS) earlier this month to examine the latest research on the state of African American education. Looking at education from pre-school through post-graduate levels, participants investigated the public-policy implications of issues […]

October 22, 2003

Stereotypes Have Profound Effect on Intellectual Test Performance

Stereotypes Have Profound Effect on Intellectual Test Performance NEW HAVEN, Conn.Yale researchers have found that the existence of negative stereotypes about abilities such as intelligence actually enhances the performance of those who do not bear the stereotype.There have been many studies about how pervasive negative stereotypes about racial minorities and women can affect the performance […]

October 8, 2003

‘Acting White’ Does Not Affect Minority Student Achievement, Study Finds

‘Acting White’ Does Not Affect Minority Student Achievement, Study Finds COLUMBIA, Mo.Whether listening to heavy metal music or wearing khakis, many minority students in schools throughout the United States are accused of “acting White.” If these accusations lead students to avoid “acting White” by shunning academic achievement, educators see a major problem. A researcher at […]

September 10, 2003

Leadership & Policy

An Overlooked Oasis?

An Overlooked Oasis? Education advocates say two-year institutions should not be considered an afterthought, but rather belong at the centerpiece of the nation’s higher education agendaBy Kendra HamiltonWhile the decision reached by the U.S. Supreme Court in June regarding the University of Michigan’s admissions policies is being rightly hailed by defenders of affirmative action and […]

August 27, 2003

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