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PRINCETON, N.J., Jan. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Educational Testing Service (ETS), the world's leading measurement and research organization, has created a new website to draw attention to achievement gaps among students, provide resources to those studying the issue and highlight success stories. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120110/DC33419LOGO) The site looks at why and where achievement gaps exist; the impact they have on students, teachers,...
Study finds a widening education gap among non-Hispanic Whites A new study from the American Cancer Society finds recent declines in melanoma mortality rates in non-Hispanic Whites in the U.S. mainly reflect declines in those with the highest level of education, and reveals a widening disparity in melanoma mortality rates by education. The authors say the findings call for early detection strategies to effectively target high-risk, low-educated, non-Hispanic White individuals. The study is...
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The nation's fourth and eighth graders continued their steady upward trend in mathematics achievement in 2011, posting the highest scores to date on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), also known as "The Nation's Report Card." In reading, however, the picture was mixed: the average score for fourth graders was unchanged from 2009, while the average score for eighth graders continued to rise. At grade 4, the average mathematics...
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 10, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A record 27,891 AVID seniors participated in AVID's annual data collection reporting details about their demographics and academic achievements. AVID is a non-profit, proven college readiness system that closes the achievement gap. Hispanic/Latino students led the reporting with 55 percent; 17 percent of the students were African American and 15 percent of the students were white. A total of 69 percent of the students who reported were...
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- JRL Enterprises just announced a brand-new scaled pricing version of the site license model for its innovative I CAN Learn® Math Program. Taking into account the current funding environment that schools and districts must operate under, the company has adjusted the expense of their mathematics program, with an average yearly per-student cost comparable to that of a traditional textbook, including the software support. "This is an excellent...
SAN DIEGO, July 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- In a workshop held at the California Latino Superintendent's Association, Summer Institute, Business Management Consultant, and Publisher of Family Literacy Journal, Cyndi Fischer, addressed school administrators on the impact of the digital divide on California's Latino students. Fischer said, "California, is home to Silicon Valley, and the world's largest technology corporations, like Google, Apple, Facebook, and Twitter, and yet millions of...
AVID successfully prepares underserved students - predominantly minority and economically disadvantaged - for college SAN DIEGO, June 22, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Despite severe economic challenges for public schools, AVID* will welcome more than 20,000 teachers and administrators to one of eight AVID Summer Institutes, held in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Orlando, Sacramento, and San Diego during this school summer vacation period. "Never has our work at AVID been more critical,"...
MINNEAPOLIS, May 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- A study of nine disparate Minnesota schools, including The West Metro Education Program's FAIR School Crystal, found that certain practices implemented by principals and teachers allowed these schools to outperform their students' demographics on the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments (MCA). This important finding demonstrates that school leadership and culture are among the most crucial factors in determining how to improve academic success of...
A gap in reading and math scores still exists in lower grades, with boys continuing to outpace girls in math, and girls ahead of boys in reading, two University of Illinois education professors say.Using national longitudinal data to perform their analysis, Joseph P. Robinson and Sarah Lubienski investigated male and female achievement in math and reading, looking for when gender gaps first appeared and where in the distribution the gaps were most prevalent.Except for kindergarteners in the...
Along with the excitement and anticipation that come with heading off to college, freshmen often find questions of belonging lurking in the background: Am I going to make friends? Are people going to respect me? Will I fit in?Those concerns are trickier for black students and others who are often stereotyped or outnumbered on college campuses. They have good reason to wonder whether they will belong "“ worries that can result in lower grades and a sense of alienation.But when black freshmen...
