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Slight Gains for Hispanics on ACT, but Achievement Gap Persists

Sep 20, 2017, 12:08 PM 0

By Marilyn Garateix Latino Ed Beat More Hispanic students are taking the ACT college-entrance exam, and in some states their scores inched up, new data show. But the achievement gap persists for the class of 2017, with many…

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The release of K-12 Common Core State Standards is a boon for students of color

Jun 2, 2010, 3:48 PM 0

LatinaLista — The U.S. Census reported last month that the national mover rate increased from 11.9 percent in 2008 (a record low rate since the U.S. Census Bureau began tracking the data in 1948) to 12.5 percent in 2009….