Nationwide
Many schools in the US face economic inequality in BLANK which leads to achievement gaps in learning.
funding
Out of all 1825 Indiana schools, 271 are rated poorly (D or F), disproportionately affecting minority and BLANK-income students
low
Since Covid in BLANK, nationwide studies show there is a significant decline in math and reading scores among nine to seventeen year old students
2020
Closing the achievement gap would help reduce BLANK and eliminate the school-to-prison pipeline.
crime
When children come from low-income families they are BLANK likely to attend preschool and face lower-quality education settings
less
134,329 students attend BLANK schools
D or F rated
Remote learning during Covid BLANK socioeconomic barriers
heightened
Indiana mandated IREAD and ISTEP as ways to track student BLANK across the state
achievement
Gaps in development in areas like BLANK, social, and emotional are formed
cognitive
In mandated school testing in Indianapolis, black students scored BLANK than their white peers.
lower
Since Covid in 2020, nationwide studies show there is a significant decline in BLANK and BLANK scores among nine to seventeen year old students
math and reading
The top three Indiana high schools all have student populations below BLANK students and less than 20% of their students qualify for free or reduced lunch, according to IDOE data
1,000 students
What are the three areas that development is formed?
cognitive, social and emotional
Black students fall the farthest behind with an average gap of BLANK percentage points below the state average passing rate and 14 percentage points below white students’ passing rate.
11
Remote learning during BLANK heightened BLANK barriers
COVID, socioeconomic
How do achievement gaps create disadvantages for students?
Students earn less, are less likely to move to better communities, and their children face similar educational challenges.
When children come from BLANK-income families they are BLANK likely to attend preschool and face BLANK-quality education settings.
low, less, lower
Out of all BLANK Indiana schools, BLANK are rated poorly (D or F), disproportionately affecting minority and low-income students
1825, 271
Since Covid in 2020, nationwide studies show there is a significant BLANK in math and reading scores among BLANK to BLANK year old students
decline, nine to seventeen
For the first time ever, mathematics achievement scores that measure fourth and eighth graders in the United States BLANK - from 241 in 2020 to 236 in 2022 in the younger group, and from 282 to 274 among older students in Indianapolis
dropped