Achievement Gaps (National)  Education Week - Accountability (2005)    ETS-Addressing Achievement Gaps (Winter 2005)    ETS-Parsing the Achievement Gap (2003) by Paul Barton    WCER-Achievement Gap Can Be Narrowed Further (Spring 2005)    AERA - Closing the Gap: High Achievement for Students of Color (Fall 2004)    AERA Research Points - English Language Learners: Boosting Academic Achievement (2004)    Beating the Odds Report (2004-05) by Council on Greater City Schools    Fragile Futures: Risk and Vulnerability Among Latino High Achievers by Patricia Gandara of ETS    A Nation at Risk (1983) by the National Commission on Excellence in Education    Similar Students, Different Results (June 2006) by EdSource (Introduction)    Similar Students, Different Results (June 2006) by EdSource (Full Report)    Achievementrap: How America is Failing Millions of High-Achieving Students From Lower Income Families by Joshua S. Wyner, John M. Bridgeland & John J. Dilulio, Jr.

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