New Jersey's Star-Ledger (1/6, Rundquist) reports, "The 'achievement gap' between rich and poor students, and among those of different races, persists in New Jersey schools, according to statewide test score data released yesterday by the state Board of Education." Results from tests taken last spring show that "about 60 percent of black or African-American third-graders failed to achieve proficient scores" on language arts tests, "compared to 21.4 percent for Asian students and 31 percent for whites." A gap also existed based on "economic circumstances matter, too. On the same third-grade test, only 40.2 percent of economically disadvantaged children were considered proficient, compared to 70.5 percent of their more well-off classmates."
The New Jersey Newsroom (1/6, Hester) reports, however, that "the results also indicated there was no gender gap in the areas of math and science." The test score data are from "language and math skills test given to New Jersey students in grades 3 through 8 and 11 in 2008 or 2009." New Jersey's Courier-Post (1/6, Cooney)
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