Gaps for Hispanics!

Claudia is the Endowed Joan Wieler Arno 49 Professor at…
Latest report on the how Hispanic Students are doing– not a good picture.
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“Florida, however, is bucking the trend. It was second only to California in having the largest Hispanic student population in grades 4 and 8 in 2009, but while California had wider achievement gaps for Hispanic students than the national average, Florida had less than half the national reading gap in grades 4 and 8. Gaps in math were 6 points smaller in 4th grade and 11 points smaller in 8th grade, compared with the national averages.
Claudia is the Endowed Joan Wieler Arno 49 Professor at Lasell University. She is currently a full professor of education and chair of the Education Program. Claudia has been a teacher, researcher, consultant, and professor of special education.