But the reading gap at least may be narrowing.
但至少二者间的阅读差距正在缩小。
"The gulf between our 15-year-olds' reading abilities and those from other countries is stark -a gap that starts to open in the very first few years of a child's education", said Mr Gibb.
吉布先生指出，“我国的15岁少年阅读能力与其他国家的差距是非常明显的——这种差距在儿童教育的早期就开始出现了。”
For the past five years, the national conversation on education has focused on reading scores, math tests and closing the "achievement gap" between social classes.
过去的5年中，全国范围内关于教育的讨论集中在阅读分数，数学考试，消除社会各阶层之际成就差距上。
"The gulf between our 15-year-olds' reading abilities and those from other countries is stark - a gap that starts to open in the very first few years of a child's education", said Mr Gibb.
吉布先生指出，“我国的15岁少年阅读能力与其他国家的差距是非常明显的——这种差距在儿童教育的早期就开始出现了。”
And because we acted, students are performing better in reading and math, and minority students are closing the achievement gap.
由于我们采取了行动，所以现在，学生们的阅读和数学成绩提高了，少数族裔学生也正在消除学习成绩上的差距。
And because we acted, students are performing better in reading and math, and minority students are closing the achievement gap.
由于我们采取了行动，所以现在，学生们的阅读和数学成绩提高了，少数族裔学生也正在消除学习成绩上的差距。
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