"The 'achievement gap' in education refers to the disparity in academic performance between groups of students. It is most often used to describe the troubling performance gaps between many African-American and Hispanic students, at the lower end of the performance scale, and their non-Hispanic white peers, and the similar academic disparity between students from low-income and well-off families. The achievement gap shows up in grades, standardized-test scores, course selection, dropout rates, and college-completion rates. It has become a focal point of education reform efforts." --Education Week

Saturday, March 5, 2011

Ronald Ferguson



Ronald Ferguson is an economist and senior lecturer at Harvard University, and an expert on the achievement gap. He is the director and faculty co-chair of the Achievement Gap Initiative (AGI) and Harvard and the author of several books, articles and addresses on the matter. In 2007, he published Toward Excellence with Equity: An Emerging Vision for Closing the Achievement Gap. 

Here are links to two articles featuring Dr. Ferguson's work:

"Ronald Ferguson: Achievement Gap Reflects Economic Gap" by Nsenga Burton, The Root (2011)

"Closing the Achievement Gap Without Widening a Racial One" by Michael Winerip, New York Times (2011)


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