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ACHIEVEMENT IN AMERICA: A Fast Briefing on Trends and Patterns…and Their Implications for Our Collective Future

National Defense UniversityWashington, DC March, 2012

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What We Hear Many Educators Say:

• They’re poor• Their parents don’t care• They come to schools without

breakfast• Not enough books• Not enough parents

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But if they are right, why are low-income students and students of

color performing so much higher in some schools…

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George Hall Elementary SchoolMobile, AL

• 530 Students• 100% African American• 99% Low-Income

Alabama Department of Education

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Four years ago, school was lowest performing in the district and among the bottom few in the state. District

reconstituted—and restaffed.

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George Hall Elementary, Grade 5 Math2008

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Halle Hewetson Elementary SchoolLas Vegas, NV

• 962 students in grades PK – 5– 85% Latino– 7% African American

• 100% Low Income• 71% Limited English

Proficient

Source: Nevada Department of EducationNote: Data are for 2010-2011 school year

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Source: Nevada Department of Education

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Halle Hewetson Elementary School

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Elmont Memorial Junior-Senior HighElmont, New York

• 1,895 students in grades 7-12– 77% African American– 13% Latino

• 25% Low-Income

New York Department of Education

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Outperforming the State at Elmont

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Improvement and High Performance at Elmont Memorial Junior-Senior High

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Very big differences at district level, too—even in the performance of the

“same” group of students.

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Low-Income African American Students do Better in Some Districts (NAEP Reading 4th 2003)

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2003 Trial Urban District Reading Assessment.

* There is a 19 point gap between Poor African American 4th graders in the District of Columbia and Boston (roughly equivalent to 2 years’ worth of learning)

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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2003 Trial Urban District Reading Assessment.

* There is a 28 point gap between Poor African American 8th graders in Los Angeles and Houston (roughly equivalent to 3 years’ worth of learning)

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Bottom Line: At Every Level of Education,

What We Do Matters!

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