Nationally, Ohio ranked at the bottom of the list in educational equality between races. Only five states had greater achievement gaps between white and black student test scores than the Buckeye State, according to the Annie E. Casey Foundation Race For Results report.
In Lorain County the gap between white and black students is about 10% in reading and 15% in math, according to the report. It is a problem that cannot be explained away by economic differences alone. As an interesting article in the Chillicothe Gazette explains, black children as a group performed below disadvantaged students in both reading and math.
Parents can play an important role in boosting their children’s reading and math achievement.
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