http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...BAJK19A7M6.DTL ``Based on the rate of improvement from 2003 to 2009 , it would take up to 105 years to close the white/Hispanic achievement gap and at least 189 years to close the white/black gap , which has failed to narrow by even a point in English since 2003 , according to scores released Tuesday . '' and `` Wealthier black students score well below their white and Asian counterparts , including those who are from low-income families . ''