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Despite improvements, large proportions of students in some of the nation’s biggest city districts remain mired at the “below basic” level on “the nation’s report card.”
| READING | MATH | ||||||||||
| Grade 4 | Grade 8 | Grade 4 | Grade 8 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 2005 | 2003 | 2005 | 2003 | 2005 | 2003 | 2005 | ||||
| Atlanta | 63% | 59% | 53% | 54% | 50%* | 43% | 70% | 69% | |||
| Austin, T.X. | — | 39 | — | 35 | — | 15 | — | 32 | |||
| Boston | 52 | 49 | 39 | 39 | 41* | 28 | 52* | 42 | |||
| Charlotte, N.C. | 36 | 35 | 29 | 31 | 16 | 14 | 33 | 31 | |||
| Chicago | 60 | 60 | 41 | 40 | 50 | 48 | 58 | 55 | |||
| Cleveland | 65 | 63 | 52 | 51 | 49* | 40 | 62 | 66 | |||
| Dist. of Columbia | 69 | 67 | 53 | 55 | 64* | 55 | 71 | 69 | |||
| Houston | 52 | 48 | 45 | 41 | 30* | 23 | 48* | 42 | |||
| Los Angeles | 65 | 63 | 57 | 53 | 48* | 42 | 68* | 62 | |||
| New York City | 47 | 43 | 38 | 39 | 33* | 27 | 46 | 46 | |||
| San Diego | 49 | 49 | 40 | 37 | 34* | 26 | 47* | 39 | |||
| NATION | 38* | 38 | 28* | 29 | 24* | 21 | 33* | 32 | |||
