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GOOD TEACHING MATTERS: Strategies for Improving Achievement And Closing Gaps Between Groups. Prepared for the University of Louisiana System Board of Supervisors by The Education Trust, 2003. Achievement in America: Key Facts on Where We Are Now.
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GOOD TEACHING MATTERS:Strategies for Improving Achievement And Closing Gaps Between Groups Prepared for the University of Louisiana System Board of Supervisors by The Education Trust, 2003
Where Are We Now?4th Grade Reading, All Students, 1998 Source: USDOE, NCES, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Summary Data Tables
Where Are We Now?8th Grade Mathematics All Students 2000 Source: USDOE, NCES, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Summary Data Tables
Underneath those nation-wide figures, there are gaps of all sorts…including gaps among states
Today’s Focus:Examining Performance of Key Racial and Economic Groups
By Race, Ethnicity 4th Grade Reading 1998 Source: USDOE, NCES, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Summary Data Tables
By Family Income4th Grade 1998 Source: USDOE, NCES, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Summary Data Tables
NAEP 8th Grade Mathematics 2000 Source: USDOE, NCES, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Summary Data Tables
NAEP 8th Grade Math Performance 2000 Source: USDOE, NCES, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Summary Data Tables
Progress over time?During seventies and eighties we made a lot of progress, but that progressed stopped by 1990.
Gaps Narrow, Then Mostly Widen NAEP Reading, 17 Year-Olds Source: US Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. NAEP 1999 Trends in Academic Progress (p. 107) Washington, DC: US Department of Education, August 2000
Gaps Narrow, Then Hold Steady or Widen: NAEP Math Scores, 13 Year-Olds Source: US Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. NAEP 1999 Trends in Academic Progress (p. 108) Washington, DC: US Department of Education, August 2000
Too Few 17 Year-Olds Demonstrate Strong Reading Skills Source: USDOE, NCES, 1999 NAEP Summary Data Tables
Too Few 17 Year-Olds Demonstrate Strong Math Skills Source: USDOE, NCES, 1999 NAEP Summary Data Tables
African American and Latino 17 Year Olds Do Math at Same Levels As White 13 Year Olds Source: NAEP 1999 Long Term Trends Summary Tables (online)
African American and Latino 17 Year Olds Read at Same Levels as White 13 Year Olds Source: NAEP 1999 Long Term Trends Summary Tables (online)
Not Surprisingly, These Same Patterns Evident in High School Graduation
Students Graduate From High School At Different Rates, 1998 Source: US Bureau of Census, Current Population Reports, Educational Attainment in the United States: March 1998 (p. 20-513), Detailed Tables No. 2
Despite Poor Preparation, Most Graduates Will Go Immediately On To College
Most High School Grads Go On To Postsecondary Within 2 Years Source: NELS: 88, Second (1992) and Third (1994) Follow up; in, USDOE, NCES, “Access to Postsecondary Education for the 1992 High School Graduates”, 1998, Table 2.
Unfortunately, About Half of these Students Must Take Remedial Coursework…and Many Do Not Even Make it to the Sophomore Year
College Freshmen Not Returning for Sophomore Year Source: Tom Mortensen, Postsecondary Opportunity, No. 89, November 1999
Result: Gains In College Completion Are Not Proportionate With Gains In College Attendance
College Going vs. Completion of BA or Higher, Whites 19 10 Source: US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Census, October Current Population Surveys, 1972-2000, in US DOE, NCES, The Condition of Education 2002, p.166 and 174.
College Going vs. Completion of BA or Higher, Blacks 21 7 Source: US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Census, October Current Population Surveys, 1972-2000, in US DOE, NCES, The Condition of Education 2002, p.166 and 174.
College Going vs. Completion of BA or Higher, Hispanics Source: US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Census, October Current Population Surveys, 1972-2000, in US DOE, NCES, The Condition of Education 2002, p.166 and 174.
Of Every 100 White Kindergartners: (24 Year-Olds) Source: US Bureau of Census, Current Population Reports, Educational Attainment in the United States; March 2000, Detailed Tables No. 2
Of Every 100 African American Kindergartners: (24 Year-Olds) Source: US Bureau of Census, Current Population Reports, Educational Attainment in the United States; March 2000, Detailed Tables No. 2
Of Every 100 Latino Kindergartners: (24 Year-Olds) Source: US Bureau of Census, Current Population Reports, Educational Attainment in the United States; March 2000, Detailed Tables No. 2
College Graduates by Age 24 Source: Tom Mortenson, Research Seminar on Public Policy Analysis of Opportunity for Post Secondary, 1997.
What We Hear Adults Say: • They’re poor; • Their parents don’t care; • They come to schools without breakfast; • Not enough books • Not enough parents . . .
But if they’re right, then why are poor and minority children performing so high in...
Wrigley Elementary • 78% Low-Income • 3rd Highest Performing in State in Reading • 6th Highest Performing in State in Writing KENTUCKY Sources: Kentucky Department of Education Web site, http://www.kde.state.ky.us/
Mount Royal Elementary/Middle, Baltimore, MD • 99% African American • 73% Low-Income • Highest Performing in State on state’s 5th grade Math test. • Top 10% of state in 5th grade reading. MARYLAND * or tied Sources: Maryland Department of Education Web site, http://www.msde.state.md.us/
Pimlico Elementary, Baltimore, MD • 100% African American • 94% Low-Income • Top 1% in improvement on the state’s 5th grade Math test. Maryland Sources: Maryland Department of Education Web site, http://www.msde.state.md.us/
Prince Edward County High, Farmville VA (715 students – 55% African American and Latino) Sources: Virginia Department of Education Web site, http://www.pen.k12.va.us/VDOE/Assessment/2002SOLpassrates.html.
Aldine, TX: Raising Achievement for All While Narrowing Gaps Source: Texas Education Agency-Academic Excellence Indicator System Report 1994 through 2001.
Aldine, TX: Raising Achievement for All While Narrowing Gaps Source: Texas Education Agency-Academic Excellence Indicator System Report 1994 through 2001.