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The resources below have been included in this site to provide information to stakeholders about the student achievement gap.  Please feel free to contact OSA for more information.

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(DISCLAIMER: This web page contains links to one or more web pages that are outside the FCPS network. FCPS does not control the content or relevancy of these pages.)

Virginia Department of Education - Closing the Achievement Gap
National Educators Association - Closing the Achievement Gap
Achievement Gaps: North Central Regional Educational Laboratory
Parents Site of No Child Left Behind (NCLB)
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development

Mid-Atlantic Equity Consortium

BOOKS

The Dream Keepers by Gloria Ladson-Billings
Involving Latino Families in Schools by Concha Delgado Guitan
Rallying the Whole Village by Comer, Hayes, Joyner and Ben-Avie
Hope in the Unseen by Ron Suskind
Handbook of Research on Multicultural education by James Banks & Cherry A. McGee Banks
Narrowing the Achievement Gap:Strategies for Educating Latino, Black, and Asian students (Issues in children's’ and families’ lives) by E.W. Gordon

These resources will be updated periodically.  Please feel free to submit additional resources to the curator.