learning gap
Educational achievement difference
A learning gap is the difference between what students are expected to know and what they actually know.
The term appears in education policy discussions about achievement disparities—between grade levels, demographic groups, or before and after disruptions: The pandemic widened learning gaps across the country.
A gap implies something that should be closed.
- achievement gapEducational performance inequality
- disparityMeasurable difference between things
- remediationAct of correcting faults
- catch-upReaching others' level
- strugglingExperiencing serious difficulty
falling behind · behind · deficit · intervention · tutoring · one on one · baseline · assessment · benchmark · grade level · underperforming · equity · disadvantaged · at-risk students · reading · literacy · numeracy · scaffold
- academic failurefailing grade, failed test, F grade, flunk, flunking
- uncertaintyuncertainty, uncertain, unknown, unsure, unclear
- weaknessesweakness, flaw, failing, defect, shortcoming
- shortfallsdeficit, shortfall, budget shortfall, shortage, gap
- workforce skillsjob skills, soft skills, hard skills, digital skills, trade skills
- workplace gapsknowledge gap, training needs
learning gapmastery
Complete skill or control
proficiency · competency · competence · skill mastery · educational attainment
learning, learn, learned, learner, learners, learns, unlearned, relearn, relearning