CPS Students Score Higher on Tests
(Chicago Sun Times) — Chicago Public high school students posted some of their strongest gains in a decade on assessment tests last spring, but reading remains a red flag. After years spent harping on the need to improve reading, Mayor Daley said a drop of just under one percentage point in the reading portion of the Prairie State Achievement Exam “concerns me greatly.”
That’s compared to a 2.9 percentage-point gain in science and a 2.5 percentage-point increase in math. The reading dip put the only damper on an otherwise positive outlook for high school students.
