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Rebell, Michael A., Ed.; Wolff, Jessica R., Ed. – Teachers College Press, 2009
This important new work from Rebell and Wolff, authors of the groundbreaking volume "Moving Every Child Ahead: From NCLB Hype to Meaningful Educational Opportunity", brings together the nation's leading researchers and thinkers in the field of educational equity to provide a range of provocative critiques that go well beyond what has…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Educational Strategies, Federal Legislation, Educational Opportunities
McCall, Martha S.; Hauser, Carl; Cronin, John; Kingsbury, G. Gage; Houser, Ronald – Northwest Evaluation Association, 2006
The difference between the academic performance of poor students and wealthier students and between minority students and their non-minority peers is commonly known as the achievement gap. The current study examines the achievement gap using a large sample of students from a wide variety of school districts across the United States. It examines…
Descriptors: Minority Groups, Academic Achievement, School Districts, Reading Achievement
Arizona Education Policy Initiative, 2005
This paper, the second annual report by the Arizona Education Policy Initiative (AEPI), is a collection of policy briefs on key issues in Arizona education. The authors of these briefs are on the faculty of Arizona's three public universities: Arizona State University (ASU), Northern Arizona University (NAU), and the University of Arizona (UA).…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Tax Credits, Early Childhood Education