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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Massive white/black student achievement gap at Deal

White 90/83 4+
Black 57/38 4+
Latino 61/42 4+

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For some reason you forgot to include Asian:
White 90/83 4+
Asian 83/78 4+
Black 57/38 4+
Latino 61/42 4+

For some reason you also did not mention the obviously large gender gap at Deal:
Female 83/65 4+
Male 69/63 4+
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So you think the gender gap at Deal is larger than the white/black gap? There is no (2 points) gender gap with mat and only 11 points on ELA. Nowhere near the same.[/quote]

Wow, I never said - nor implied - that the gender gap was larger. In fact, I reported the actual data. And your math is not very good. The ELA differential is 14 points (83 minus 69 equals 14). The female ELA score is over 20% higher (14 divided by 69 equals 20.3%). Maybe that does not matter to you but it matters to others, including me. Are you only able to deal (pun intended!) with one gap at time? [/quote]

I mistyped 11 when I meant to type 14.

Again, still don’t think a 14 point gap in one subject is worth mentioning in the same breath as the obviously huge black/white gap.[/quote]

When is it worth mentioning? This is a discussion of the recently released PARCC scores. Seems like a perfectly good time to mention it.

And you say the large differential is only in one subject but there are only [u]two[/u] PARCC subjects. 
 
I agree with you the racial gap is large and important. Much of that gap is driven by factors that the school cannot control (e.g., at-risk factors, education level of parents, ESL). The gender performance gap is different because there are no systematic differences in those factors between boys and girls. This makes it much easier for the school to close the gender gap. The fact that Deal has not done this is a problem. And the gender gap gets significantly worse at Wilson where the female 4+ ELA is 41% higher and the female 4+ Math is 32% higher. [/quote]

I suspect the racial gap and the gender gap *are* related.  In some social groups, it becomes uncool to work hard and do well at school.[/quote]

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