The Achievement Gap Initiative

Ron Ferguson
AGI Director & Co-Chair
Dick Murnane
Co-Chair
Charles Ogletree
Co-Chair

Our mission is to help raise achievement for all children while narrowing racial, ethnic and socio-economic gaps. Working with scholars nationwide, we aim to serve a variety of audiences including policy makers, educators, researchers and parents, by producing and disseminating research and distilling its implications for raising achievement levels and closing achievement gaps.

 

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What's New? Forum Videos

What's New? Conferences

April 21: Building Capacity to Serve English Language
Learners in U.S. Schools

more spring forum videos >>

Save the Date!
June 29 - 30, 2009

Fifth Annual AGI Research-to-Practice Conference

"Why Teachers Improve (and How):
High School Supervision and Professional Community Toward Excellence with Equity" >>

 

 

What's New? Reports

2008 AGI Conference Report

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Conference Videos and Presentations>>

What's New? Books

Steady Gains and Stalled Progress: Inequality and the Black-White Test Score Gap>>

Katherine Magnuson and
Jane Waldfogel (editors)

 

Toward Excellence with Equity: An Emerging Vision for Closing the Achievement Gap >>

Ronald F. Ferguson

Everyday Antiracism: Getting Real about Race in School >>

Mica Pollock

Resourceful Leadership:
Tradeoffs and Tough Decisions on the Road to School Improvement >>


Elizabeth A. City

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Photos (top left and right) by Kevin G. Reeves for the Shaker Heights City School District