Mushmouth
09-28-2017, 06:19 AM
Fleeter said policymakers also need to address the less-comfortable issue of the gap within the gap: black students perform worse than those in other racial demographic groups.
According to data DeMaria presented to the state Board of Education, when excluding those with disabilities, black students overall performed worse than every other demographic group on math and English. That includes scoring lower on English tests than did students for whom English is a second language.
http://www.dispatch.com/news/20170924/why-do-poor-black-kids-continue-to-do-worse-on-ohios-standardized-tests
According to data DeMaria presented to the state Board of Education, when excluding those with disabilities, black students overall performed worse than every other demographic group on math and English. That includes scoring lower on English tests than did students for whom English is a second language.
http://www.dispatch.com/news/20170924/why-do-poor-black-kids-continue-to-do-worse-on-ohios-standardized-tests