Closing the academic achievement gap is one of the most complex
challenges that school system leaders face. Closing the gap became
even more urgent with the enactment of the No Child Left Behind
Act. For the first time, the federal government has set a deadline
for closing the gap, requiring schools to bring all students to
proficient levels of academic performance in twelve years. How much
of the achievement gap can be attributed to what school districts
themselves may be doing? What factors and conditions impede
progress toward closing the achievement gap? And what can
superintendents do to narrow as much of the gap as they can? These
questions led to the development of this guide. In Changing
Policies to Close the Achievement Gap Cynthia Prince identifies
state and local policies that tend to make the achievement gap
worse and describes policy changes that superintendents have made
with the support of their boards to help narrow the gap. She also
examines policies that aggravate the inequitable distribution of
quality teachers and principals, that restrict student access to
challenging coursework, and that reduce academic instruction time.
Prince argues that closing the gap will require serious efforts to
change these policies and other conditions that impede the ability
of school districts to bring all students to high levels of
performance.
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