Sentence examples for readiness gap from inspiring English sources
How is it that the school readiness gap is nonetheless narrowing?
In California, we recognize that merely changing the kindergarten entry date will not help narrow the school readiness gap.
From 1998 to 2010, the school readiness gap narrowed by 10percentt in math and 16percentt in reading.
"This report clearly identifies the fundamental role secure attachment could have in narrowing that school readiness gap and improving children's life chances.
Newsom — as candidate for governor — promised to expand affordable preschools, along with buoying parents raising infants and toddlers, in hopes of narrowing the "school readiness gap," as he called it during the fall campaign.
Recent reports from the Schott Foundation and ACT, coupled with 2010 test scores showing unexpectedly poor performance by New York City students, demonstrate a widening of the achievement gap for poor students, a sinking graduation rate for minority students and a continuing college readiness gap for all students.
Closing the school readiness gaps will necessitate ongoing support for families on low-to-middle incomes.
School readiness gaps between racial groups have also improved: Both the white-black and white-Hispanic gaps narrowed by roughly 15percentt from 1998 to 2010.
These differences in income and education feed through into differences in what parents do with their children that can explain some of the school readiness gaps.
One possibility is that school readiness gaps have narrowed because it is easier now for poor families to find high-quality, publicly funded preschool programs for their children.
We find that readiness gaps narrowed modestly from 1998-2010, particularly between high- and low-income students and between white and Hispanic students.
