Lueck,+Beth

SES students and between minority and non minority students ||= How much of the achievement gap is because of inadequate teachers, schools, and materials? ||= There are many low income schools that have improved despite the gap || to help their students succeed? ||= effective school leadership is one of the most important factors of a successful school || of parent involvement, weak teachers, less school funding, outside influences, etc. ||= What is the government/ school board doing to work on closing the achievement gap? ||= parental involvement plays a huge roll in achievement || students in school and in their communities? ||= Poor literacy is one of the factors that is continually bringing low income students down || schools in lower income areas? ||=  ||
 * KWL Assignment**
 * My Research Paper Topic: Closing the Achievement gap**
 * = **__What I KNOW__** ||= __**What I WANT to Know**__ ||= **__What I LEARNED__** ||
 * = There is a gap between students of lowers SES and higher
 * = The gap includes grades, test scores, and drop out rates ||= What can parents of lower income and minority students do
 * = A lot of factors effect the gap including poor health care, lack
 * =  ||= What resources are available to lower SES students and minority
 * =  ||= What has been done to encourage good teachers to teach in

__Purpose Statement:__ The purpose of this paper is to investigate the achievement gap between low income students and their wealthier peers and determine what causes this gap as well as what can be done by schools and teachers to close the achievement gap.
 * Purpose and Thesis Statement Assignment**

__Thesis Statement:__ The achievement gap between low and high income students has been a growing concern over recent years. Many factors go in to what causes this gap, but the key to closing it is well qualified teachers, a curriculum set with students needs in mind, and extra time spent during the school year and the summer with students in low income areas.

I think your thesis is statement is very well written, but I worry that you have a lot of points in it that you will need to prove. It might be easier to write your paper if you narrow it down.

References
 * Annotated Bibliography/Reference List**

Georgia Southern University College of Education. (n.d.) Closing the achievement gap for educators. Retrieved from [] Website with information for teachers about the achievement gap and what they can do to help. Includes links to many other sources and articles as well.

Institute of Education Science. National center for education statistics. Retrieved from []. the title of this site is a proper noun so it all would be capitalzed and the webpage name shoudl be italicized This site provides national and statewide statistics about educational performance, assessment scores, drop-out rates, etc.

Kraus, N. (2008). Concentrated poverty and urban school reform: "The choice is yours" in Minneapolis. //Equity & Excellence in Education//, 41(2), 262-274. doi:10.1080/10665680801911250 This article discusses the program started in Minneapolis, which bused students from low income areas to suburbia for school. Discusses how the program has been working since it has been implemented.

Mcgee, G. W. (2004). Closing the achievement gap: Lessons from Illinois' golden spike high- poverty high-performing schools. //Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk//, 9(2), 97-125. Retrieved from [|http://web.ebscohost.com.proxy-] tu.researchport.umd.edu/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?hid=21&sid=5d7153f6-4a63-4567- 9cc4-e98cb2c7b2e6%40sessionmgr11&vid=2. you need the url of the publisher and not the link to the ebsco database here This study discusses the achievement gap between different sets of students including low income students and their peers. It then discusses what Illinois has done in their school system in order to close the achievement gap.

Yeh, S. S. (2010). Understanding and addressing the achievement gap through individualized instruction and formative assessment. //Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy &// //Practice//, 17(2), 169-182. doi:10.1080/09695941003694466. This article discusses factors such as learned helplessness that affect the achievement of low income students. Then, the article discusses data which shows what can be done to give students confidence and keep them achieving.


 * Paper Outline/Research Paper Draft**