Tracing Black-White Achievement Gaps Since the Brown v. Board Decision

As students moved from elementary to middle school, the improvement in reading for Black students was dramatic in the 1970s and 1980s. The gap between white and Black students was at its most narrow in 1988, but the scores of Black 13-year-olds continued to rise until 2008. In a speech delivered at the 2024 annual [...]read moreTracing Black-White Achievement Gaps Since the Brown v. Board Decision