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Zero students proficient in math in 23 Baltimore schools, test results reveal
The Blaze ^ | February 9, 2023 | Candace Hathaway

Posted on 02/10/2023 11:05:01 AM PST by Twotone

The Maryland State Department of Education recently released Baltimore students' 2022 test results, which revealed that 93% of third- through eighth-graders tested below their grade level in math, WBFF-TV reported. After analyzing the results, the local news outlet found 23 city schools where not a single student tested proficient in math.

The nearly two dozen schools with abysmal test scores included 10 high schools, eight elementary schools, three middle and high schools, and two elementary and middle schools. In total, 2,000 students at those learning institutions took the math assessment, and zero scored at grade level.

WBFF also revealed that another 20 Baltimore City Schools had just one or two students with grade-level math scores. The district comprises a total of 150 schools.

The city of Baltimore's Maryland Comprehensive Assessment Program test results were the lowest in the state. Only 7% of third- through eighth-grade students scored proficient in math. In addition, less than 15% of students in four additional Maryland cities scored proficient.

"My immediate reaction is, take your kids out of these schools," said Jovani Patterson, a city resident who filed a lawsuit against Baltimore City Schools last year alleging the district failed to educate students and thereby misused taxpayer dollars.

"We, the taxpayer, are funding our own demise," Patterson told WBFF. "It just sounds like these schools, now, have turned into essentially babysitters with no accountability."

Patterson argued that city schools failed to prepare students for real-world situations.

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1 posted on 02/10/2023 11:05:01 AM PST by Twotone
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To: Twotone

To educators, “proficient” doesn’t mean “proficient.” It merely means “passing” — it is the lowest threshold for meeting curricular standards.

The immediate step below “proficiency” is that vile word educators no longer use, especially regarding themselves, “failure.”


2 posted on 02/10/2023 11:07:17 AM PST by nicollo ("I said no!")
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To: Twotone

Math is racist!.......................


3 posted on 02/10/2023 11:08:01 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Twotone

Gosh that’s because math is racist!


4 posted on 02/10/2023 11:08:16 AM PST by Irenic
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To: Twotone

At least they’ve been able to achieve a perfect record.


5 posted on 02/10/2023 11:08:27 AM PST by PGR88 (, )
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To: Twotone

Jus’ keepin’ it real...


6 posted on 02/10/2023 11:09:54 AM PST by HombreSecreto (The life of a repo man is always intense)
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To: Twotone

We need to double down and throw more money at the problem!

;-)


7 posted on 02/10/2023 11:10:07 AM PST by cgbg (Claiming that laws and regs that limit “hate speech” stop freedom of speech is “hate speech”.)
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To: Twotone

Schools failed the students.
Can’t make this stuff up.


8 posted on 02/10/2023 11:10:16 AM PST by Palio di Siena
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To: Twotone

In total, 2,000 students at those learning institutions took the math assessment, and zero scored at grade level.


9 posted on 02/10/2023 11:11:32 AM PST by rdl6989 ( )
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To: rdl6989

What percentage is that?...


10 posted on 02/10/2023 11:13:11 AM PST by EEGator
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To: Red Badger

Stories like this are so confusing for simple-minded media consumers like me

Am I supposed to feel sorry for black children?

What about their families “who only demand a decent education?”

But what about public school teachers? We know they are heroes - permanently underfunded and struggling against the ills that society throws at them?

Or the Democrat-Progressive politicians? Who always care so much for progressive principles, people’s rights and education?


11 posted on 02/10/2023 11:13:33 AM PST by PGR88 (, )
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To: Twotone

Racist!
Racist!
Racist!

A better test is how easy is it to recognize the number 7, so that targeting convenience stores to rob is facilitated...


12 posted on 02/10/2023 11:13:58 AM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is the next Sam Adams when we so desperatly need him)
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To: Twotone

The answer is obvious....... they need more $$$$$$$$$$$$$


13 posted on 02/10/2023 11:15:39 AM PST by volunbeer (We are living 2nd Thessalonians)
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To: Twotone

I’m sure their mamma’s (don’t even ask about fathers) are just as dumb, so they get no help at home.


14 posted on 02/10/2023 11:16:46 AM PST by Newtoidaho (All I ask of living is to have no chains on me.)
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To: Red Badger

Indeed so no problem right?


15 posted on 02/10/2023 11:17:01 AM PST by xp38
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To: Twotone

“”We, the taxpayer, are funding our own demise,” Patterson told WBFF.”

I wish more people understood this problem.


16 posted on 02/10/2023 11:19:03 AM PST by Mr. N. Wolfe
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To: Twotone

Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson— racism didn’t keep them down.

We keep following the left and people will end up like the characters in the movie: The Book of Eli.


18 posted on 02/10/2023 11:20:29 AM PST by Irenic
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To: Twotone

So 23 out of 150 total districts have no Asian kids?


19 posted on 02/10/2023 11:20:46 AM PST by FarCenter
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To: Twotone

What about critical race theory?


20 posted on 02/10/2023 11:21:00 AM PST by ArcadeQuarters (You can't remove RINOs by voting for them!)
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