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On the Horizon: State Accountability Systems

Student Achievement and School Accountability Conference
October 2002

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The Need for Accountability

• A significant achievement gap exists between disadvantaged students and their more affluent peers, despite billions in Federal spending since 1965.
• 60% of poor fourth-graders do not read at a basic level compared to....
• In a recent Gallup poll, 75% were not aware of the achievement gap.