Disadvantaged students continue AP climb, By Erik W. Robelen, February 10, 2010, Education Week: “Continuing a pattern from recent years, more students from low-income families are taking-and earning what is considered a passing score on-at least one Advanced Placement exam, a new analysis of results for the public high school graduating class of 2009 shows. At the same time, significant gaps persist in preparation and access across ‘traditionally underserved students,’ the analysis released today by the College Board suggests, especially for African-American students…”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty