The Philanthropy Roundtable 51105

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The Philanthropy Roundtable5/11/05
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How are Black and Hispanic boys achieving
academically relative to other children
nationwide?
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Source EdTrust Calculations from U.S. Dept. of
Education Grad Rate Survey Data
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African American and Latino 17 Year Olds Read at
the Same Levels as White 13 Year Olds
Source Source NAEP 1999 Long Term Trends
Summary Tables (online)
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Too Few 17 Year-Olds Demonstrate Strong Reading
Skills
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Source USDOE, NCES, National Assessment of
Educational Progress (NAEP) Summary Data Tables
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Source USDOE, NCES, National Assessment of
Educational Progress (NAEP) Summary Data Tables
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How are Black and Hispanic boys achieving
academically relative to other children in New
York?
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New York StateNAEP Scale Scores, 2003 Grade 4
Readingby Gender by Race/Ethnicity
Source U.S. Department of Education, National
Center for Education Statistics,
http//www.nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/
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New York CityNAEP Scale Scores, 2003 Grade 4
Readingby Gender by Race/Ethnicity
Source U.S. Department of Education, National
Center for Education Statistics,
http//www.nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/
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New York StateNAEP Scale Scores, 2003 Grade 8
Mathby Gender by Race/Ethnicity
Source U.S. Department of Education, National
Center for Education Statistics,
http//www.nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/
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What are the key reasons schools are failing to
educate so many black and Hispanic boys?
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What We SayThree Reasons All Students Dont
Achieve High Standards

• Some students get better teachers than others
• Some students get more challenging curriculum
  than others
• Some students are held to higher standards than
  others

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Teacher Quality
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Classes in high-poverty and high-minority schools
are more likely to be taught by teachers out of
their field of expertise
percent of secondary classes taught by a teacher
without at least a minor in the subject
Source The Education Trust, All Talk, No Action,
August 2002. Calculations for the Ed Trust by
Richard M. Ingersoll, University of Pennsylvania.
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1998 by The Education Trust, Inc.
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Curriculum
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14 SC High Schools Calibrated
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Minority AP Enrollment in One Jefferson County
High School
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Some students are held to a higher standard than
others
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SourceMetropolitan Life, Survey of the American
Teacher 2000 Are We Preparing Students for the
21st Century?, September 2000.
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Percentage of High Scoring Students Placed in
Algebra in One Southern California School District
Source The Achievement Council, Inc. Los
Angeles, CA. Unpublished. 1991
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A Work in Poor Schools Would Earn Cs in
Affluent Schools
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Abraham Lincoln Middle School Alachua, Florida

• 31 White
• 59 African American
• 57 Low Income
• An A school under the Florida accountability
  model

Source Florida Department of Education,
http//web.fldoe.org.
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Achievement Gaps at Lincoln 2002-03 Math
AYP Target 38
Source Florida Department of Education,
http//web.fldoe.org
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