The term achievement gap indicates any significant discrepancy in academic performance or educational achievement between various groups of students white students and minorities. For instance, higher/lower income students, boys/girls and public/private schools. These achievement gaps can be measures by, test scores, GPA (Great Average Point), graduation and enrollment rate. This research will elaborate the meaning of achievement gap between genders. Males/females, boys/girls output will be measured
Teachers are searching for effective ways to close the achievement gap. “The achievement gap occurs when one group of students outperforms another group, and the difference in average test scores for the two groups is statistically significant” (Cowan Pitre, 2014, p. 209). Many people with low incomes usually have children who do not perform at the levels they should. Closing the gap can be a long or short process depending on how big the gap is and how effective the teacher is. According to Ford
Fact: “[Minorities] fail...graduation exams” because the test that students take provide no socio economic benefit to them (Woestehoff). Standardized testing has little social or educational benefits to student of color as they are raised with a mindset that it is a waste of time to participate in any activities that do not help them grow and succeed. Unfortunately this mindset along with high stake standardized testing contributes to the achievement gap which refers to the gap in the “academic
Rawan Abu Al Rob 59042 WRI 101.30 Formal Academic Critique In partial completion of WRI 101 American University of Sharjah The article “Closing the Confidence Gap” written by Dee Dee Myers (2008) discusses women’s issues and inequality in society and business due to their own insecurity and dominance of men. Myers is a graduate of Santa Clara University. She is also the first woman to attain the position of White House Press Secretary. The author appears to have
2015 Unfair Wages While attending school women are constantly compared to men. Women are more likely to graduate college, but still earn less than men. Women to this day earn 78 percent of what men make. Past gaps in education and experience appear to be contributing to a persistent pay gap between the sexes. It is heartbreaking to know that no matter how educated I may become, some jobs will not allow me to get paid the same wages as men. Are you comfortable with living in a nation where you, your
stipulated in the DepEd Order No. 39, s. 2012, interventions have to be made in order to address learning gaps. The use of Strategic Intervention Material, or SIM as it is commonly called, is identified as one of the suggested various intervention form that can bridge learning gaps. SIM is a remediation aid for the students at the level of their understanding and thereby increasing their academic achievement. SIM was defined by (Bunagan, (2012) as meant to re-teach the concepts and least mastered skills
may not be interested in what college has to offer. Most times women are more focused and committed than men when it comes to education, as early as primary education. Just by looking around in The College of The Bahamas one can see where there is a gap between females and males where there are more females. Even though there are some males in The College of The Bahamas not all the males are focus but they should be because as a nation The Bahamas needs more educated men to join the Government of The
at Stanford University, these specific students are beyond exceeding those in traditional schools; specifically in the math and reading subjects. African-American students living in poverty are benefiting even more than they were four years ago. The fact that charter schools are independent institutions and can establish their own curriculum makes a huge difference in how minorities are performing. More studies and trends are showing how out of all the types of schools and teaching styles, charter
he answers by declaring that these questions, for centuries, create a disagreement and hostile combat. Yet, he believes that the answer to both questions can no doubt be negative. In addition, he claims that what renders the solution complex is the fact that most people agree on what is meant by the term science while they are likely to disagree on the term religion. Einstein continues by defining the term science, to be a "methodical thinking directed toward finding regulative connections between
The other gap identified in the literature review is the role of nonnative-English-speaker ESP teachers. The literatures reviewed were noted to target several types and sizes of ESP programs or courses. Some of the ESP programs extensively implemented appear to target