Excellence with Equity (Closing the Achievement Gap) Mouse over
picture and press play to see Harvard professor, Dr. Ronald
Ferguson talk with Henrico County parents and community members
about the challenges of education and how we can tackle the
achievement gap. Henrico County Public Schools has a gap in
student academic achievement. White students and Asian students
perform at higher levels on most academic measures than do
African American students, Hispanic students, and students with
disabilities. While there are individual differences between
students, this gap is evident when comparing overall student
groups. This is not new information in Henrico and our schools
are not alone in this situation. In fact, this achievement gap
is clearly evident throughout the Commonwealth and across the
nation. The Henrico County School Board has been examining
student performance data by group and acknowledging the
achievement gap since 2009. Approaches to closing the
achievement gap in Henrico Schools has taken a bro