Science achievement gaps begin by kindergarten
Submitted by mohtava on Mon, 08/15/2016 - 14:21
Large science achievement gaps at the end of eighth grade between white and racial/ethnic minority children and between children from higher and lower-income families are rooted in large yet modifiable general knowledge gaps already present by the time children enter kindergarten, according to new research published in Educational Researcher, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Educational Research Association.