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Education Watch: Texas
The Education Trust publishes this annual summary of key education facts and figures for Texas, as well as every other state. |
Education Week Research Center
Free registration at this site allows users to conduct customized data searches and to access special reports. Of special interest: Texas State Information Includes rankings of student subgroups on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). |
Closing
the Gap: High Achievement for Students of Color (PDF download)
This
Fall 2004 issue of Research Points from the American
Educational Research Association Web site provides research findings
and suggests solutions to address the achievement gap with students
of color. |
Educational
Achievement and Black-White Inequality
This article in the
National Center for Education Statistics ’ quarterly
newsletter examines the educational attainment and economic differences
between African American children and white. This report can be located
at the link provided or with a search by name on the NCES Web site. |
No Child Left Behind Web Site
This page of the US Department of Educations NCLB Web site provides information
about the achievement gap, including fact sheets on how NCLB will address the
gap with respect to specific subgroups of students. Further research on the ED.gov
site will provide additional information about the achievement gap in the United
States. |
Parsing the Achievement Gap (PDF download)
This Educational Testing Systems publication synthesizes a large body of research to identify 14 conditions that help create and perpetuate achievement gaps. |
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