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Highly Qualified Teachers: A National Imperative

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Highly Qualified Teachers: Why?

NAEP 8th Grade Math 2002 by Race & Ethnicity

This slide contains a bar chart with the following information:

Black:
5% Prof/Adv
27% Basic
68% Below Basic

Latino:
9% Prof/Adv
31% Basic
60% Below Basic

Native:
12% Prof/Adv
38% Basic
50% Below Basic

White:
34% Prof/Adv
43% Basic
23% Below Basic

Asian:
40% Prof/Adv
35% Basic
25% Below Basic

Explanation of slide: Shows a breakdown of NAEP 8th grade 2002 math results by race and ethnicity. Again, Blacks, Latinos and Native Americans scored far lower than either whites or Asians.