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Opportunity Gap vs. Achievement Gap

Closing the Opportunity Gap: How state lawmakers can ensure every child receives a fair and substantive opportunity to learn. Tina Dove, M.Ed. Director, National Opportunity to Learn Campaign. Opportunity Gap vs. Achievement Gap.

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Opportunity Gap vs. Achievement Gap

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  1. Closing the Opportunity Gap: How state lawmakers can ensure every child receives a fair and substantive opportunity to learn. Tina Dove, M.Ed. Director, National Opportunity to Learn Campaign

  2. Opportunity Gap vs. Achievement Gap • The achievement gap between White students and Black and Latino students is directly correlated to the “opportunity gap”—access to quality schools and the resources needed for academic success. • Lost Opportunity 50 State Report • www.otlcampaign.org The opportunity gap the achievement gap

  3. Overview of the OTL Campaign • 4 Core Resources • High-quality early childhood education • Well-trained, highly effective teachers • College and career-ready curriculum • Equitable resources and policies Overall objective: to ensure that every child has a fair and substantive opportunity to learn.

  4. What can state-level policy makers do? • Increase overall school funding levels and ensure that funds are equitably distributed. • Support funding for highly qualified and effective teachers and other professional staff in struggling schools. • Adopt and equitably implement the Common Core State Standards with Common Resource Standards • Strengthen educational supports, including interventions that recognize different learning styles, so that students remain on par with their learning cohorts.

  5. What can state-level policy makers do? • Invest in teacher and leader preparation programs and ensure curricula and training meets the needs of real-world classrooms and schools. • Develop teacher and leader supports, not just rewards and sanctions, to improve teaching and leadership quality. • Develop school/parent/community partnerships. • Implement a system for collecting data on access to educational resources. (Common Opportunity Resource Standards)

  6. Tina DoveDirector, National Opportunity to Learn Campaigntnd@schottfoundation.orgTwitter: OTLCampaignDirwww.otlcampaign.org

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