UPDATE ON
THE
% ACHIEVEMENT GAP
BETWEEN
WHITE
% AND
BLACK
STUDENTS I
N
WISCONSIN.% >> THIS
WEEK
THE
NATIONAL
% ASSESSMENT
OF
EDUCATIONAL
% PROGRESS, ALSO KNOWN
AS
THE
% NATION'S REPORT
CARD,
RELEASED
% RESULTS
FINDING
WISCONSIN HAS
% THE
WIDEST
ACHIEVEMENT GAP
IN
% THE
COUNTRY.
% SCORES
SHOW
THE
GAP
BETWEEN% BLACK AND
WHITE
STUDENTS
% INCREASING
IN
BOTH
MATH
AND
% READING.
% OF THE
STUDENTS WHO
TOOK
THE
% TEST
LAST
SPRING,
WHITE
4TH
% GRADERS
SCORED AN
AVERAGE
OF
227
% IN
READING,
WHERES
AS
BLACK
4TH
% GRADERS SCORED
188,
WIDENING THE
% SCORE
GAP
BY
SEVEN
POINTS
SINCE% 2017.
% IN
MATH,
WHITE
4TH
GRADERS
% SCORED
249,
WHILE
BLACK
STUDENTS
% SCORED AN
AVERAGE
OF
212,
% INCREASING THE
GAP
BY
ONE
POINT.
% THE WISCONSIN
SUPERINTENDENT
OF
% PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
SAID
THE
% RESULTS
INDICATE A,
QUOTE,
% CRISIS
AND
THAT
CLOSING
THE
GAP