Latino Students Show Modest Gains On Nation’s Latest Report Card

By Kate Sheehy, Fronteras

The Nation got a new report card today evaluating reading and math proficiency among fourth and eighth graders. Modest gains by Latino students contributed to improvement in some Southwestern states.

However, despite these gains, Arne Duncan, the U.S. Secretary of Education said, “It’s troubling that achievement gaps between white and black students, and white and Hispanics students, failed to narrow from 2011 to 2013.”

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