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The Proficiency Trap: New York City�s Achievement Gap Revisited

by Jennifer Jennings & Sherman Dorn - September 08, 2008

Despite Bloomberg and Klein�s claims that the achievement gap has narrowed, the basic facts about New York City�s achievement gap are sobering.

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Jennifer Jennings Columbia University E-mail Author JENNIFER JENNINGS is a doctoral student at Columbia University. Sherman Dorn University of South Florida SHERMAN DORN is a professor at the University of South Florida.

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