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The federal data report showed that the academic achievement gap between white and Latino students is narrowing. Latino students at ages 9, 13, and 17 showed strong gains in their math and reading scores over previous decades. The reading score gap between Latinos and whites was cut in half between 1975 and 2011-2012. While progress has been made, more still needs to be done to ensure educational equity.

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The federal data report showed that the academic achievement gap between white and Latino students is narrowing. Latino students at ages 9, 13, and 17 showed strong gains in their math and reading scores over previous decades. The reading score gap between Latinos and whites was cut in half between 1975 and 2011-2012. While progress has been made, more still needs to be done to ensure educational equity.

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Academic Achievement Gap for Latinos is Narrowing
A new federal data report released Thursday by the National Center for
Education Statistics (NCES) showed progress in how the U.S. is educating its
children and increasingly narrowing the achievement gap between white and
Latino students.
According to The Nations Report Card, which test students at ages 9, 13, and
17 on the same material since the 1970s, black and Latino students at all
age levels have made strong gains in their math and reading scores. More
significantly, both nine- and 13-year-olds scored higher in reading and
mathematics last year than students their age 40 years ago.
Thats real progress, said Daria Hall, who directs K-12 at the Washington,
D.C.-based education lobbying and advocacy group the Education Trust.
Weve cut achievement gaps in the early grades by nearly half.
The report suggested that on a scale of zero to 500, 9-year-old Latino
students scored an average of 25 points higher in reading and 32 points
higher in math than Latinos in the 1970s. 17-year-old Latinos scored a total
of 21 points higher in reading and 17 points higher in math. Overall in
reading, the Latino-white score gap was cut in half, decreasing from 41 to 21
between 1975 and 2011-2012.
Its important to acknowledge the progress that we have made [], said
Hall. People say our schools are getting worse but you have some objective
evidence of people saying no, thats not the case.
NBC Latino
Huffington Post
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