Minority achievement gap widens slightly in 2011 results

Gazette:  AP performance steady for Montgomery schools

Overall performance on Advanced Placement tests in 2011 was nearly identical to last year’s scores for Montgomery County Public Schools students... 

...From 2010 to 2011, the achievement gap between white students and black and Hispanic students widened slightly in terms of tests passed, from 31.8 to 32.3 percentage points between whites and blacks, and from 23 to 23.6 percentage points between whites and Hispanics...