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Article: Study finds upward trend in urban schools.( "Beating the Odds V," by the Council of the Great City Schools )
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- Nation's Cities Weekly
- Article date:
- May 16, 2005
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Are urban schools improving academically? Or, is urban academic performance stagnant?
The nation's urban school districts appear to be solidifying and expanding gains on state-mandated assessments according to "Beating the Odds V," a report released recently by the Council of the Great City Schools,
Students in 65 city school systems in 38 states have posted new gains in math and reading on the state assessments from not only a year ago, when urban school progress was cited in evaluating the inaugural year of the federal No Child Left Behind law, but also stretching back to 2001.
Findings
Between the 2001-2002 and 2003-2004 school ...