Black-White Gap Widens

06/03/2008

No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.
Alice Walker

New research into the achievement gap between black and white students suggests that the students who lose the most ground academically in U.S. public schools may be the brightest African American children. According to Education Week (April 16, 2008)...

"As black students move through elementary and middle school, these studies show, the test-score gaps that separate them from their better performing white counterparts grow fastest among the most able students and the most slowly for those who start out with below-average academic skills.... The reasons why achievement gaps are wider at the upper end of the achievement scale are still unclear. But some experts believe the patterns have something to do with the fact that African American children tend to be taught in predominantly black schools, where test scores are lower, teachers are less experienced, and high-achieving peers are harder to find."

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