Sacramento Head Start Alumni Association

Raising Achievement and Reducing Gaps in Mathematics

Mar 14, 2002

Overall, the results reported in this National Education Goals Panel
report for mathematics are encouraging. The majority of participating
states and the nation as a whole showed statistically significant
positive
change in average scores, the scores for the top and bottom quartiles,
and
in the percentage of students scoring at the proficient level or
higher.
However, there was almost no progress in closing the gaps between the
scores of majority and minority students or between the scores of
students
eligible and not eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
http://www.negp.gov/reports/RaisingAchievementReducingGaps.pdf