Educators say Michigan Merit Exams, ACT tests reveal 'shameful' achievement gaps

Dave Murray:

State educators are celebrating scores on standardized tests offered to high school students, but call achievement gaps between some student groups "shameful."

Those concerns are echoed by an education advocacy group's analysis of last week's Michigan Merit Exam and ACT scores that show black and low-income students are falling even further behind the state's white students.

While white student achievement has risen slightly over five years, scores for black and Hispanic students and students in poverty "remain grim," according to the Education Trust-Midwest.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at July 2, 2012 2:08 AM
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