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ERIC Number: ED612774
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Jun
Pages: 6
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
A Teacher Who Looks Like Me: Examining Racial Diversity in Wisconsin's Teacher Workforce and the Student-to-Teacher Pipeline. Executive Summary
Wisconsin Policy Forum
This is the executive summary for the report, "A Teacher Who Looks Like Me: Examining Racial Diversity in Wisconsin's Teacher Workforce and the Student-to-Teacher Pipeline." Among the most urgent challenges confronting Wisconsin's K-12 education system are long-standing disparities in educational opportunity and achievement on the basis of race. Significant achievement gaps persist between white students and several groups of students of color, but disparities between Black and white students are especially stark. National data expose Wisconsin's math and reading disparities between Black and white students as among the widest in the country. Proficiency gaps between Black and white third graders over the past four years on the Wisconsin Forward Exam exceeded 34 percentage points, with fewer than 15% of Black third graders able to read proficiently. These disparities limit equitable access to educational, employment, and other opportunities. Consequently, they carry profound implications for racial equity and inclusion as well the overall economy and quality of life across the state. [For the full report, see ED612773.]
Wisconsin Policy Forum. 633 West Wisconsin Avenue Suite 406, Milwaukee, WI 53203. Tel: 414-276-8240. Web site: https://wispolicyforum.org/
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education; High Schools; Secondary Education; Postsecondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: Wisconsin Policy Forum
Identifiers - Location: Wisconsin
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