Tests show racial achievement gap

Whether they are poor or rich, white students are scoring higher than their African American and Latino classmates on California’s standardized tests, results released Wednesday show. And in some cases, the poorest white students are doing better than Latino and black students who come from middle class or wealthy families. This year’s test scores show that the difference in academic achievement between ethnic groups is more than an issue of poverty vs. wealth. Read more of this article from The Sacremento Bee.