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| Title | New Report: Para Nuestros Niños: Expanding and Improving Early Education for Hispanics |
| Body | From http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/newsline/archives/2007/03/new_report_para.html The National Task Force on Early Childhood Education for Hispanics, established in 2004 to study the challenges to academic achievement for Hispanic children, has released a report that analyzes data from a large national sample of children from kindergarten through fifth grade. The study, "Para Nuestros Niños: Expanding and Improving Early Education for Hispanics," found that, despite extensive efforts since the mid-1980s to raise their academic achievement, Hispanic students continue to achieve at much lower levels than Whites across the K-5 years. The report's principle findings include: Hispanic children started kindergarten well behind White youngsters on measures of reading and math skills; although they gained some ground over the K-5 years, Hispanic children were still well behind in reading and math at the end of the fifth grade; and achievement differences between Hispanics and Whites across the K-5 years were closely associated with differences in social class. The report concludes by making several recommendations to state governments and the federal government, as well as private foundations, Hispanic organizations, and education researchers, outlining the actions needed to expand and improve educational opportunities for young Hispanic children. Download the report at http://www.ecehispanic.org/work.html#briefs . |
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| Inputdate | 2007-05-03 04:55:19 |
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| Publishdate | 2007-05-07 00:00:00 |
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