By Jacqueline Rabe Thomas
The results are in on how nearly 300,000 public school students did on standardized tests this spring—and the big achievement gap between students from low-income families and their more affluent peers remains largely unchanged since last year.
“Significant gaps in achievement continue between economically disadvantaged students and their peers,” Education Commissioner Stefan Pryor said when releasing the results late today.
Major disparities on math, reading and writing tests among black, Hispanic and white students also persist.
For example, the number of 10th-graders proficient in science, reading and math was 30 percent larger than proficient black and Hispanic students.
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