Study Shows Only 51% of Arizona Disadvantaged Students Have True Opportunity to Learn

The Schott Foundation for Public Education has released a state by state education study on the opportunities that historically disadvantaged students have to learn. The study measures the chance such students have to be in a school that provides a quality education leading to proficiency in reading and math and high graduation rates. It shows that only 51% of Arizona minority and low income students have a true opportunity to learn when compared to white, non-Latino students.

The study also ranks Arizona 48th in the nation when the access to students’ opportunity to learn is combined with the overall education proficiency in the state (based on eighth grade NAEP reading scores).

The Schott Foundation study found that 84% of the states fail to provide disadvantaged students with an opportunity to learn. Arizona is near the bottom.