Report: Disparity (不等，悬殊) between two groups narrowed only slightly since '90s
updated 6:36 p.m. ET July 14, 2009
WASHINGTON - Despite unprecedented (史无前例的) efforts to improve minority (少数) achievement in the past decade, the gap (差距) between black and white students remains frustratingly (令人沮丧地) wide, according to an Education Department report released Tuesday.
There is good news in the report: Reading and math scores are improving for black students across the country. But because white students are also improving, the disparity between blacks and whites has lessened only slightly.
On average, the gap narrowed by about 7 points from 1992 to 2007, so that black students scored about 28 points behind white students on a 500-point scale (500分制的情况下).