scholarly journals Closing the achievement gap

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Lopes Viveiros
Keyword(s):  
Achievement Gap ◽  
Closing The Achievement Gap

Promoting Cultural Responsiveness and Closing the Achievement Gap with Standards Blending

2009 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 2156759X0901200
Author(s):  
Rita Schellenberg ◽  
Timothy Grothaus
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Achievement Gap ◽  
School Counseling ◽  
African American Males ◽  
Group Intervention ◽  
Culturally Responsive ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Cultural Responsiveness ◽  
Closing The Achievement Gap ◽  
Content Areas

In this article, standards blending–-the integration of core academic and school counseling standards–-is demonstrated as a culturally responsive strategy to assist in closing the achievement gap for a group of third-grade African American males. The small-group intervention described resulted in knowledge gains in both the school counseling and academic curriculum content areas. All participants also reported experiencing increased self-esteem.

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