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Baltimore students who received eyeglasses through the Vision for Baltimore program scored higher on reading and math tests, with students who struggle the most academically showing the greatest improvement, concludes a new study in JAMA Ophthalmology, conducted by Johns Hopkins researchers from the Wilmer Eye Institute and School of Education.
The study, released today, is the most robust to date in the United States on the impact of glasses on academic achievement and has implications beyond Baltimore for the millions of children nationwide who suffer from vision impairment but lack access to pediatric eye care.
September 9, 2021 Tags: achievement gap, eyeglasses, Johns Hopkins, K-12 Education, students, Vision for Baltimore
| Category: Education/K-12, Government and Politics, Institutional News, Medicine and Nursing, Public Health, University-Related
Students who received eyeglasses through a school-based program scored higher on reading and math tests, Johns Hopkins researchers from the Wilmer Eye Institute and School of Education found in the largest clinical study of the impact of glasses on education ever conducted in the United States. The students who struggled the most academically showed the greatest improvement.
September 9, 2021 Tags: achievement gap, glasses, Johns Hopkins, K-12 Education, test scores, vision, Vision for Baltimore
| Category: Education/K-12, Government and Politics, Medicine and Nursing, Public Health
The Johns Hopkins University School of Education will host a panel discussion on “Closing the Achievement Gap,” on Tuesday, April 27, at 6:45 p.m., in Gilchrist Hall on the Montgomery County Campus. Panelists will examine ways to improve educational opportunities for all students by identifying programs and strategies for raising achievement and closing gaps between white and minority students.
March 10, 2010 Tags: achievement gap
| Category: Education/K-12, Events Open to the Public
