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Education Report Shows Little Progress on Closing Achievement Gap

The National Assessment of Educational Progress report showed very little progress in narrowing the achievement gap between minority and non-minority students.
Friday, April 13th, 2018, by Kansas News Service

Kansas and the rest of the country have been stagnant when it comes to math and reading scores over the last decade. That’s according to new national test data for fourth and eighth graders. Efforts to close the achievement gap between minority and non-minority students also seems to have stalled. Stephan Bisaha of the Kansas News Service explains.

 
          

 
 

 

 

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