Opportunity/Achievement Gap
Read about academic performance differences due to factors affecting students’ options like poverty, racism, and uneven opportunities
Early Childhood
What the Research Says
Starting School in Infancy Can Help Low-Income Children Keep Up With Peers in Elementary School
Research on a birth-to-4 initiative in Tulsa finds academic gains through 3rd grade.
Science
Opinion
Let’s Mobilize Our Youth to Address the STEM Achievement Gap
Youth can play a role in addressing the STEM achievement gap, too, writes a high school student in this letter to the editor.
Science
Racial Disparities in STEM Start as Early as Kindergarten, New Study Finds
Socioeconomic factors and school environment explain some of the disparities, but not all of them.
Equity & Diversity
K-12 Essentials Forum
Education Equity: Where We Go From Here
Join us for this event with educators and experts on the current state of equity and what comes next.
Equity & Diversity
Schools Trying to Prioritize Equity Have Their Work Cut Out for Them, Survey Shows
The pandemic exacerbated pre-existing inequities in education. Practitioners and researchers offer advice on how to move forward.
Science
3 Big Challenges to Expanding Computer Science Classes and How to Overcome Them
Districts struggle to find teachers, keep up with a fast-changing field, and address racial and gender disparities in course enrollment.
Data
Opinion
Standardized Tests Aren't the Only Meaningful Data on Student Achievement
"Street data" may be a better pathway to education equity. Here's what that means.
Equity & Diversity
Reported Essay
When Did Equity Become a 'Trigger' Word?
Education equity may be inscribed in federal law, but that doesn't mean everyone agrees on what it means.
Student Achievement
Digging Deeper Into the Stark Declines on NAEP: 5 Things to Know
What the national assessment can—and can’t—illuminate about the effects of the past two pandemic years.
Mathematics
Spotlight
Spotlight on Closing the Math Achievement Gap
This Spotlight will help you learn how to support students suffering from math anxiety, gain insights into early math supports, and more.
Student Achievement
Students' Math and Reading Plummet, Erasing Years of Gains, National Assessment Finds
It's a perfect storm of bad news: Student achievement plummeted, and the declines were greatest among the most vulnerable students.
Teaching
Some Students Are Routinely Denied Challenging Work. The Pandemic Made That Worse
An increase in the use of lower-level reading passages threatens to exacerbate academic gaps.
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Supporting the needs of English learners (ELs) is highly complex and diverse
Assessment
The 'Nation's Report Card' Is Getting an Overhaul: 5 Things to Know
The leaders of NAEP have big plans for making the test more nimble, flexible, and useful.