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how it s playing out in the classroom. decompose or change over time. reporter: these ninth and tenth grade remembers learning about forensics at the academy of science and engineering which is inside nashville s stratford high school. so the goal is to mimic what medical examiner might do? yeah. with the dead bodies and things. yeah, but we use chickens instead. reporter: last year 75% of students here at this mostly african-american school tested below grade level. that s unacceptable, and we need to fix that. the academic rigor has to be raised. reporter: across tennessee, only 6% of african-american students are considered proficient in science. for white students that number is still low and 36%. the achievement gap across tennessee reflects a nationwide trend in state after state. students of color are lagging behind. i think one of the failings of public education has been how wide these achievement gaps have been allowed to become.