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"Lower-income children perform less well on high-stakes accountability tests; they then graduate from high school and attend college at significantly lower rates than children of the wealthy and the middle class. Achievement and opportunity are intricately connected. Without one, you cannot have the other." In this article, it is explained that children from low income families suffer to complete their education and children from high income families are usually advantaged by their wealthy parents at a young age. "Rich" children often start their academic development early while "poor" children aren't much fortunate and start rough. It all leads to the achievement gap which differentiates poor and rich people.