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Direct linkShukla, Sarita Y.; Theobald, Elli J.; Abraham, Joel K.; Price, Rebecca M. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2022
The term "achievement gap" has a negative and racialized history, and using the term reinforces a deficit mindset that is ingrained in U.S. educational systems. In this essay, we review the literature that demonstrates why "achievement gap" reflects deficit thinking. We explain why biology education researchers should avoid…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Science Education, Biology, Educational Opportunities
Download full textO'Hara, Nancy; Munk, Tom E.; Reedy, Kristin; D'Agord, Cesar – IDEA Data Center, 2016
This rubric can help schools or districts address success gaps that exist between groups of their students, such as gaps in test scores or graduation rates between students with disabilities and other students. The rubric allows a team of users from a school or district to systematically examine the root causes of a success gap by focusing on…
Descriptors: Scoring Rubrics, Achievement Gap, Graduation Rate, Students with Disabilities
Arendale, David R., Ed. – Online Submission, 2016
This 2016 directory identifies, describes, and contains evaluative data evidence-based practices that improve academic performance, close the achievement gap, and improve persistence towards graduation for low-income, first-generation, and historically-underrepresented 6th grade through college students. The directory was a production of the…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Evidence Based Practice, Achievement Gap, Academic Achievement
Washington School Research Center, 2002
The 4th and 7th grade Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL) scores for the past several years have indicated that the percentage of students meeting the new higher standards is not satisfactory, although improvement is being shown every year. There are indications, however, that while some elementary and middle/junior high schools are…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Academic Achievement, Well Being, Research Reports
