Examining the achievement gap between white and black students in Alabama | AL.com

Examining the achievement gap between white and black students in Alabama | AL.com
"While test scores in Alabama schools generally mirror poverty levels, poverty is only one factor, research has shown. 

The Alabama state department of education's chief academic officer Dr. Barbara Cooper is charged with improving achievement for the 730,000 students in Alabama's public schools. 

"Even in places where students are affluent, there is still a black-white achievement gap," she said. 

"So poverty is not the answer there.

"These students are still performing significantly below [their white peers], and their parents are making six figures..."

Much here. 

Read on!