KIDS ARE WRITING BETTER, BUT ACHIEVEMENT GAPS REMAIN

Achievement in writing for the nation's eighth- and 12th-graders is up among many student subgroups, reports the Nation's Report Card. Since 2002, the percentage of students performing at or above the "Basic" level of achievement has risen in both grades. However there has been no change in the percentage of students reaching the Proficient level at either grade since 2002. Meanwhile, gains for African Americans and male students slightly narrowed achievement gaps between African American and white students at eighth grade, and male and female students at 12th grade. Nevertheless, gaps remained unchanged elsewhere, as white students continued to outperform African American and Hispanic students by large margins at both grade levels, and females similarly outperform males.
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Read more at The Nation's Report Card.
http://www.nationsreportcard.gov/

Thanks to the Public Education Network for the lead.
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