For years, Connecticut has had the worst achievement gap in the nation between its minority students and their peers in learning to read and do math -- and according to the results of a major test given periodically, not much has changed.
While Connecticut students overall test very well in math and reading when compared with students in other states, black and Hispanic students and those from low-income families are still far behind their classmates.
The "Nation’s Report Card" -- a U.S. Department of Education test given to students in every state -– shows that Connecticut continues to have the largest achievement gap between its minority students and their peers in five of the 12 indicators. In the remaining areas, Connecticut is still close to having the largest gap in the nation.
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