Achievement Gap Widening Between Asian Americans, Other Ethnic Groups

The Washington Post (4/6, Sieff) reports, "As policymakers over the past decade focused on closing the achievement gap between white students and underrepresented minorities, another rift was widening: the gap between Asian American students and everyone else. A new study from the Center on Education Policy underscores how significantly Asian American students outpace their peers, particularly in Maryland and Virginia." Across the nation, "the percentage of Asian American students scoring in the upper echelons on math exams was 17 points higher than the percentage of white students," the report finds.