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Article: Which achievement gap?(educational achievement)
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- Phi Delta Kappan
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- March 1, 2007
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The terms "achievement gap" and "AYP" are often bandied about in this era of NCLB. But is making AYP the same as closing the achievement gap? And shouldn't we be talking about multiple achievement gaps? The authors explain the finer points of these terms that are driving so much of today's education policy.
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FROM the halls of Congress to the local elementary school, conversations on education reform have tossed around the term "achievement gap" as though we all know precisely what that means. To some extent, of course, we do. As it's commonly used, "achievement gap" refers to the differences in scores on state or national achievement tests ...