Changes in achievement gaps from 2005 to 2015

ALABAMA ›

Gaps widened for black fourth-graders in math and for Hispanic students in fourth-grade reading and math and eighth-grade reading.

Gaps also widened for students from low-income families in fourth-grade reading and math and eighth-grade math.

GEORGIA ›

Gaps narrowed substantially for fourth- and eighthgrade students from low-income families in both reading and math.

Gaps narrowed for black and Hispanic students in fourthgrade math.

In fourth-grade reading, gaps widened for black students and stayed the same for Hispanic students. Gaps widened for black and Hispanic students in eighthgrade reading.

In eighth-grade math, gaps stayed the same for Hispanic students and widened for black students.

TENNESSEE ›

Gaps widened for students from low-income families in fourth- and eighth-grade reading and math.

Gaps widened for black students in fourth- and eighthgrade reading and math.

Gaps narrowed for Hispanic students in fourth-grade reading, but widened in fourth-grade math.

Data was not available for Hispanic eighth-graders.