Chapter 17: Closing Achievement Gaps
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Published:2006
Ron Haskins, Cecilia Rouse, 2006. "Closing Achievement Gaps", The Challenges of School Reform: Implementation, Impact, and Sustainability, Lewis C. Solmon, Kimberly Firetag Agam, Citadelle Priagula
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About the Authors: Ron Haskins is a senior fellow in the Economic Studies program and codirector of the Welfare Reform & Beyond initiative at professor of economics and public affairs and the director the Brookings Institution. Cecilia Rouse is a of the Princeton University Education Research Center. Both are senior editors of The Future of Children.
To read the full report on school readiness, go to www.futureofchildren.org.
By the time Black and Hispanic children reach kindergarten, they are already far behind their more advantaged peers in reading and math readiness. These gaps persist or increase during the school years. Programs for parents and preschool education programs have the potential to close the gap by at least half.
