‘achievement gap’

According to the Glossary of Educational Reform, an ‘achievement gap’ refers to ‘any significant and persistent disparity in academic performance or educational attainment between different groups of students, such as white students and minorities or students from higher-income and lower-income households, for example’.

See also: opportunity gap; learning gap; pedagogy of engagement




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