Poverty vs Student Achievement and Ethnic Composition
With few exceptions, low-poverty schools have high percentages of proficient readers and high-poverty schools have lower percentages–regardless of the school’s ethnic makeup (see selected states below). This evidence argues against the view that the generally low percentages of proficient readers in high minority schools are the result of racial discrimination. Rather, it is consistent with the view that the low reading proficiencies of high-minority schools are principally a function of their high percentages of economically disadvantaged students. Most economically disadvantaged … Read More