ACHIEVEMENT GAP BETWEEN WHITE
AND BLACK STUDENTS IN 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