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Pupils' Poverty Drives Achievement Gap

The data indicated that the performance of individual students differed dramatically depending upon the overall level of poverty in the school they attend.

Lower-income students performed their worst at schools where the student population was overwhelmingly poor. But when lower-income students attended schools where most of the students were more affluent, they achieved higher scores -- matching or exceeding the county average.

Very interesting piece. I've become quite interested in education policy recently -- not exactly sure why -- which led me to pick up the most recent edition of Harpers. I'm very glad I did, because their roundtable on the "design and redesign of American education" was one of the most fascinating things I've read in a while. It's not online (yet) but it's worth plucking down your $5 for.
| posted by Alex at 3:24 PM