Gap Gazing in mathematics education

Hello everyone,
I am late a bit, but I would like to share a few thought with you.
Unfortunately in the most parts of the world, governments believe that Education system is money consumer and are very mean not spending much money on education system. I agree with Rochelle Gutierrez that some form of gap gazing is harmful. Nevertheless, appreciate every research on the field of education because the least benefit of it is awareness.

I do agree with Sarah Theule Lubienski that analyzing of math (subject) achievement should be focused not only on one factor, but also in conjunction with factors like gender, race, and for example, family income. According Blau (1999) and Alison Aughinbaugh & Maury Gittleman (2003) test score maybe sensitive to not only the family’s own income, but also other factors related to the family’s socioeconomic status such as neighborhood characteristics, peer characteristics, and characteristics of the schools children attend. Furthermore, when framing mathematics achievement, researchers usually refer to individuals; individual achievement and individual failure. As Gutierrez (2008)* argues that it is not only individuals as students or teachers, but “complex learning environments”(p.361) too. For instance, reviewing thirty two studies of mandatory desegregation policies, Robert Crain & Rita Mahard (1978) reported that twenty four of them found positive effects of desegregation on black students’ achievement gains. Moreover, Grissmer, Flanagan, and Williamson (1998) stated the convergence of black and white test scores occurred with massive school desegregation from 1970 to 1990.
* I am not sure if 2008 is correct.