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U.S. Departmentof Education
 Taking a
Closer
Look 
 
 U.S. Department of Education 
Margaret Spellings
Secretary
Office of Communications and Outreach 
Lauren Maddox
 Assistant Secretary
September 2007This booklet is in the public domain. Authorization to reproduce it in wholeor in part is granted. While permission to reprint this publication is notnecessary, the citation should be: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Communications and Outreach,
 Empowering Parents School Box:Taking a Closer Look
,Washington, D.C., 2007.
 To order copies of the
 School Box
(order number—ED003651K):
 write to
:ED Pubs, Education Publications Center,U.S. Department of Education, P.O. Box 1398, Jessup, Md. 20794-1398;or
fax
 your request to: (301) 470-1244;or
e-mail 
 your request to: edpubs@inet.ed.gov;or
call 
in your request toll-free: 1-877-433-7827 (1-877-4-ED-PUBS).If 877 service is not yet available in your area, call 1-800-872-5327(1-800-USA-LEARN). Those who use a telecommunications devicefor the deaf (TDD) or a teletypewriter (TTY) should call 1-877-576-7734.or
order online
at www.edpubs.org.The complete
School Box 
is also available on the Department’s Web site at: www.ed.gov/parents/academic/involve/schoolbox.On request, the
School Box 
is available in alternate formats, such as Braille,large print or computer diskette. For more information, please contact theDepartment’s Alternate Format Center at (202) 260-0852 or (202) 260-0818.
 
This booklet contains more detailed informationabout topics related to opportunities offered by 
 No Child Left Behind 
:closing the achievement gap,parental involvement, school choice, tutoring andfinancial aid for college.
Closing the Achievement Gap
 No Child Left Behind 
challenges us to close the achievement gap by assuringthat all America’s children can do grade-level schoolwork by the year 2014.The “achievement gap” is the difference in performance between groups of students, especially groups defined by race/ethnicity and family income.
 No Child Left Behind 
is helping the country learnabout what works in ourschools. According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, from1999 to 2004, U.S. 9-year-olds made more progress in reading than in theprevious 28 years combined, and math scores have reached record highsacross the board. Test scores are at all-time highs for African-American andHispanic students. Under
 No Child Left Behind 
,students in grades 3–8
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