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Achievement Gap
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Achievement Gap
It can be regarded as differences in academic performance among groups of students. Notably, gaps in student achievement are mostly evident in standardized test scores, grades, among other measures of success (Messelt, 2004). It results in higher dropout, failure, and absenteeism rates. In this regard, research needs to be performed so as to better understand the gaps in student achievement. Such information would be useful in making informed decisions in the local district on how to reduce the disparity between higher- and lower-achieving studen