Cleveland Public Schools — ever gripped in the struggle for improvement — were dealt a blow this week when a national analysis of test data showed the district holding down a low spot on a list of 17 urban schools systems.
The U.S. Department of Education released the “Nation’s Report Card” this week, detailing the results of science test scores for fourth- and eighth-graders in 2009, according to the Plain Dealer. The results were not good: Cleveland’s fourth-graders were ranked 16th, kept out of the basement by Detroit; the eighth-graders did better, landing above Detroit, Baltimore and Philadelphia.
This article appears in Feb 23 – Mar 1, 2011.
Does this mean we’ll get a high draft pick?