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What is the achievement gap and why should I care?

What is the extent of the achievement gap in Texas?

What can I do to help close the achievement gap?

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TEA Drop out Prevention Clearinghouse
This portion of the Texas Education Agency Web site provides information and resources related to the state’s high school dropout rate.

Texas State Data Center and Office of the State Demographer: Education Index
Listed under “E” on this alphabetical index users will find information in various formats on education in Texas. Topics include student enrollment, population trends and their implications, educational attainment.

What does the achievement gap look like in the United States?

Characteristics of At-Risk Students in National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988
This report from the National Center for Education Statistics reveals that many factors were found to predic t at-risk status of students independent of gender, race-ethnicity, and socioeconomic background (e.g., low achievement test scores).

Education Week and Teacher Magazine
This site provides resources to allow the user to conduct customized searches on data relating to state tests and the National Assessment of Educational Progress in the United States.

Promoting Power
This page of the Center for Social Organization of Schools summarizes findings and links to multiple resources relating to promotion policies and who they impact the racial/ethnic and low socio economic groups. Of special interest is the “Locating the Dropout Crisis” which identifies US high schools producing the most dropouts.

Reports on Educational Attainment
This page on Child Trends Data Bank’s Web site lists research conducted from 1971-2003 on the level of education attained by race and gender.

The Minority Student Achievement Network
This national coalition of multiracial, relatively affluent suburban school districts studies the disparity in achievement between white students and students of color through intensive research. Publications available through their site include:

What is the Relationship Between Race and Achievement in Our Schools?
Public Education and Black Male: A State Report Card Students
Latino Achievement in America

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