Pew Charitable Trusts
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A Changing Racial and Ethnic Mix in U.S. Public Schools
- By Pew Charitable Trusts
- Published 08/31/2007
- Commentaries and Reports
- Unrated
White Students are Less Isolated but Blacks and Hispanics Are More So
by Richard Fry, Senior Research Associate, Pew Hispanic Center
The 5-4 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in June to strike down school desegregation plans in Seattle and Louisville has focused public attention on the degree of racial and ethnic integration in the nation's 93,845 public schools.
by Richard Fry, Senior Research Associate, Pew Hispanic Center
The 5-4 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in June to strike down school desegregation plans in Seattle and Louisville has focused public attention on the degree of racial and ethnic integration in the nation's 93,845 public schools.
How Far Behind in Math and Reading are English Language Learners?
- By Pew Charitable Trusts
- Published 06/7/2007
- Commentaries and Reports , English Language Learners
- Unrated
The fast-growing number of students designated as English language learners are among the farthest behind in reading and math, according to an analysis that is based on standardized test scores. About 51% of 8th grade ELL students trail whites in reading and math, meaning that the scores for one out of every two will have to improve for the group to achieve parity. In the 4th grade, 47% of ELL students are behind in math and 35% are behind in reading when compared with their white counterparts.
