Washington Post story on city-wide results leads with slight achievement gap closure in ELA.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/dc-inches-toward-closing-achievement-gap-in-english-test-scores-show/2018/08/16/4347b138-a164-11e8-8e87-c869fe70a721_story.html?utm_term=.14401e655a5f
"The District’s public schools are making modest strides closing the vast achievement gap between white students and students of color, according to test results released Thursday that show the chasm narrowing on the English language arts exam.
The achievement gap has frustrated educators, parents and students for decades, and the standardized test results for the 2017-2018 school year show the persistence of the problem: Even as the gap closed in English, it widened slightly in math, with improvements among white students outpacing gains by black and Hispanic students.
In announcing the results, city leaders celebrated improvements by students in every ward and across all races and income levels on their English and math tests.
But they warned that significant progress is still needed: Despite the overall improvement in scores, only about one-third of students met expectations on their math and English exams. ..."