Test Scores Up in Urban Districts, Report Says
Test scores in many of America's urban school districts are inching upward at rates that often outpace those of their states as a whole, according to a report released here last week by a national advocacy group for city schools.
The 55 urban districts in the study showed more progress in mathematics than in reading on statewide tests. And while white students continue to score much higher than their black and Hispanic peers, the gap may be narrowing, concludes the analysis, which is described as one of the most comprehensive of its kind.
"We want to make it crystal clear that urban schools want and expect results," said Michael Casserly, the executive director of the Washington-based Council of the Great City Schools, which compiled the report. "We believe in our kids, and we are not afraid...
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