Closing the Achievement Gaps in Urban Schools [microform] : A Survey of Academic Progress and Promising Practices in the Great City Schools. Preliminary Report / Sharon Lewis, Jack Jepson and Michael Casserly.

This preliminary report marks the first step in the efforts of a task force formed by the Council of the Great City Schools to reduce the gaps in student achievement by race, income, language, and gender. The report is based on data from 48 major urban school districts. A mixed picture has emerged....

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Online Access:	Request ERIC Document
Main Author:	Lewis, Sharon
Corporate Author:	Council of the Great City Schools (U.S.)
Other Authors:	Jepson, Jack, Casserly, Michael
Format:	Microfilm Book
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1999.
Subjects:	Academic Achievement. Disadvantaged Youth. Educational Change. Elementary Secondary Education. Equal Education. Income. Languages. Minority Groups. Racial Differences. Sex Differences. Tables (Data) Urban Schools.