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Tuesday, November 1, 2011

NYC Public School Parents: Today's scorecard on our schools: the news ain't pretty & the diagnosis bizarre

NYC Public School Parents: Today's scorecard on our schools: the news ain't pretty & the diagnosis bizarre:

Today's scorecard on our schools: the news ain't pretty & the diagnosis bizarre


We have had nine long years during which NY state and city education officials have relentlessly focused on high stakes testing, with school closings, grade retention, and teacher bonuses all linked to test scores. So according to data released today, what has been the