“SAT Scores Fall as Gap Widens: Asians Gain”

I came across this article on WSJ (The Wall Street Journal) and at first I was on the verge of doing a victory dance but decided to finish reading the article.  “Asian-American students showed the most dramatic gains. In math they scored an average of 587 — 72 points better than the general population. Since 2008, their average math score has climbed six points.”  

BUT then the article goes further… “”You can’t look at these results and say that NCLB has been an enormous success,” says Jack Jennings, president of the Center on Education Policy, a nonpartisan research organization in Washington. “The bottom line is the country is changing dramatically. Unless minority kids are educated better, we are going to be in trouble because pretty soon they are going to be the majority.” 

In other words, I can’t justify celebrating because the way I see it we haven’t succeeded at all.

“Noting the gap in achievement between lower-performing minority students and the general population, College Board officials said those who lagged tended to go to school in poorer districts with fewer resources. “As a country, we must do better providing students of every background access to the best education,” Mr. Caperton said.” 

As grade inflation becomes more and more prevalent we must ensure that everyone succeeds or the mantra of No Child Left Behind becomes nothing more than just a vague longing.