literacy gap
Unequal reading abilities
A literacy gap is the measurable difference in reading and writing ability between groups—typically distinguished by race, income, geography, or language background.
Education researchers track literacy gaps to identify disparities in educational outcomes: The literacy gap between urban and rural students has widened.
Closing the literacy gap often drives policy discussions about school funding and early childhood programs.
- readingInterpreting written text
- reading levelText difficulty rating
- achievementAccomplished goal or deed
- achievement gapEducational performance inequality
- disparityMeasurable difference between things
learning to read · education · poverty · underserved · at-risk youth · left behind · struggling · comprehension · early childhood · inequality · phonics · dropout · remedial · tutoring · disadvantaged · books · access · equal access
- education inequalityachievement gap, inequality, opportunity gap, social mobility, class divide
- inequalitiesinequality, inequity, disparities, wealth gap, income gap
- knowledge gapsignorance, information gap, blind spots, blind spot, unawareness
- school gendergender gap, gender equity, gender bias, Title IX, coeducation
- sexismsexism, gender discrimination, sex discrimination, gender bias, male privilege
- workforce skillsjob skills, soft skills, hard skills, digital skills, trade skills
literacy, literate, illiterate, illiteracy, literacies, literal, literally, literalism, literature