The Economic Impact of the Achievement Gap in America's Schools

[Harold Schiffman]

The Economic Impact of the Achievement Gap in America's Schools

This report examines the dimensions and economic impact of the
education achievement gap. While much controversy exists on the causes
of the gap and on what the nation should do to address it, the full
range of the achievement gap's character and consequences has been
poorly understood.

This report examines the dimensions of four distinct gaps in
education: (1) between the United States and other nations, (2)
between black and Latino students and white students, (3) between
students of different income levels, and (4) between similar students
schooled in different systems or regions.

The report finds that the underutilization of human potential as
reflected in the achievement gap is extremely costly. Existing gaps
impose the economic equivalent of a permanent national recession—one
substantially larger than the deep recession the country is currently
experiencing. For individuals, avoidable shortfalls in academic
achievement impose heavy and often tragic consequences via lower
earnings, poor health, and higher rates of incarceration.

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