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[00:00.92]For VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report.
[00:05.68]White and Asian students continue to do better on tests
[00:10.04]than black and Latino students, says the U.S. Department of Education.
[00:15.56]This information, which comes from the government's
[00:19.08]2015 Nation's Report Card,
[00:21.96]shows a long-lasting education gap
[00:24.60]between racial groups in the United States.
[00:28.28]Here are two examples from the 2015 Nation's Report Card:
[00:34.00]In 2015, white students scored 32 points higher
[00:38.53]than black students on mathematics tests, on average.
[00:43.80]In 2015, white students scored 26 points higher
[00:48.56]than black students on reading tests, on average.
[00:53.08]Both examples show the scores of Grade 8 students.
[00:57.88]Grade 8 is the year before students begin high school in the US.
[01:03.20]Marcelo Suarez-Orozco is an education professor
[01:07.68]at the University of California-Los Angeles.
[01:11.72]She says that Latino and black students
[01:15.80]face challenges that prevent them from excelling.
[01:19.96]"Both Latino children and African American children
[01:23.88]are once again attending schools that are highly segregated.
[01:28.92]They are highly segregated by race,
[01:31.84]by poverty, by language by legal status," said Suarez-Orozco.
[01:38.76]One reason is classroom attendance in primary and secondary school.
[01:45.40]As students miss more classes,
[01:48.92]they become less likely to score well on tests
[01:53.20]and graduate from high school.
[01:57.12]In general, students from low-income families in the U.S.
[02:02.04]are more likely to miss class because of health problems,
[02:06.68]such as asthma and tooth decay.
[02:10.84]Transportation problems and difficult home environments are other factors.
[02:17.08]Black and Hispanic students in many regions
[02:21.16]are more likely to miss classes than white students,
[02:25.44]says a report from Attendance Works, a non-profit organization.
[02:30.08]Poverty, language, legal status and race
[02:34.88]are all factors that contribute to an achievement gap
[02:38.40]that continues into college, says Ken O'Donnell,
[02:42.36]California State University's Senior Director of Student Engagement.
[02:47.52]If a student is the first person in their family to go to college,
[02:52.24]they face many difficulties.
[02:54.88]They do not have the same support that other students might have, says O'Donnell.
[03:00.84]The achievement gap, explains O'Donnell, can have serious effects.
[03:06.12]Students who are not prepared for college are more likely to leave school.
[03:11.12]Or they might take longer to graduate.
[03:14.72]This means that they will receive the benefits
[03:17.32]of a college degree late – or perhaps never.
[03:21.12]The achievement gap is not only a problem in the U.S.
[03:26.12]In many countries, some groups do not perform as well as others.
[03:31.76]Finland is considered by many
[03:34.44]to have the best education system in the world.
[03:38.20]But it, too, has problems with the achievement gap.
[03:42.16]The Economic Policy Institute released a report in 2013.
[03:48.08]It found that in Finland,
[03:51.60]low-income students score higher
[03:54.84]than low-income students in the U.S. on the PISA test.
[04:01.04]However, from 2000 to 2009,
[04:05.48]low-income Finnish students' scores went down.
[04:09.96]During the same period, low-income US students' scores went up.
[04:15.72]In other words, Finland is starting to have problems
[04:20.40]educating low-income students.
[04:23.96]For now, some schools are better than others
[04:27.24]at preparing students for college.
[04:30.20]At Harbor Teacher Preparation Academy,
[04:33.36]teachers talk about college as soon as students start high school.
[04:37.52]Teachers try to build the confidence of students.
[04:41.52]And they try to help students on an individual basis, says Principal Jan Murata.
[04:48.28]"Unless you reach that child
[04:50.48]and show that you care and get the students there
[04:54.60]and believe in them, then it makes it really difficult," said Murata.
[05:00.56]Another way to help students is to help their parents.
[05:05.00]Mark Gaither, a principal at a primary school in Baltimore,
[05:09.64]allows parents to come to the school's library every Monday.
[05:14.36]There, parents can learn how to help students with homework,
[05:18.88]check out books and get comfortable in the school environment.
[05:23.44]For many of today's teachers,
[05:25.56]UCLA's Suarez-Orozco says reaching students
[05:30.04]means understanding the cultural,
[05:32.36]language and economic difficulties they face.
[05:36.52]"So knowing your students, knowing where they are coming from,
[05:41.08]knowing their communities, [are important]" he said.
[05:45.28]In October, the Obama Administration
[05:49.56]began a program to combat the problem of students missing school.
[05:54.72]The effort is called "Every Student, Every Day."
[05:59.16]Its goal is to identify and help students who miss around 18 days,
[06:04.51]or 10 percent, of school days in a school year.
[06:08.48]Through the "Every Student, Every Day" program,
[06:12.68]the departments of Education, Health and Human Services and Justice,
[06:17.76]among others, will work with local and state governments
[06:22.16]to stop students from missing too much school.
[06:25.76]Only time will tell how successful this program will be.
[06:30.36]I'm John Russell.
[06:32.80]And I'm Jill Robbins
[06:34.96]Now, it's your turn. Is there achivement gap in your country?
[06:40.28]Write to us about it in the comment section or on our facebook page.
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