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Students improve in math, reading
Washington Times ^ | 3/22/04 | ASSOCIATED PRESS

Posted on 03/22/2004 7:05:57 AM PST by Nasty McPhilthy

Edited on 07/12/2004 4:14:10 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

ASSOCIATED PRESS Students in the largest urban public-school systems showed improvement in reading and math in the first year under the federal No Child Left Behind law, according to a coalition of inner-city schools.

The study by the Council of the Great City Schools reviewed test scores from 61 urban school districts in 37 states. It compared 2002 and 2003 test results.


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TOPICS: Government
KEYWORDS: education; improvement; nclb; publicschoolsystems; rodpaige; urban

1 posted on 03/22/2004 7:05:57 AM PST by Nasty McPhilthy
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To: Nasty McPhilthy
Damned with faint praise? Or 'tell a lie often enough ...'?
2 posted on 03/22/2004 7:15:00 AM PST by dhuffman@awod.com (The conspiracy of ignorance masquerades as common sense.)
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