The NAACP “Call for Action in Education" is both a document and a process embodying a strategic approach to education advocacy. It seeks the development in each state of an educational equity plan to reduce the identified racial disparities in the states by 50 percent during a five-year period (2005-2009). This "call" challenges states to address the achievement gap by examining a number of K-12 issues, including: resource equity; teacher quality; class size and the racial disparities in achievement tests, special education, suspension, expulsion and testing. The document also requests states to examine disparities in higher education by focusing on college preparation, admissions, financial aid, faculty diversity and college retention.
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