Gains in Houston Schools: How Real Are They?

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The Houston, TX public schools have advocated their programs for improving student performance, but overall test results and the experiences of college students reflect a different assessment of the value of these programs. Both Houston and Pres. Bush boasted that the results of the state test, the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS), showed improvements in academic achievement levels, but the scores of Texas students in national SATs had minor imrpovements, and high school reading test results had decreased. Houston also has had a problem with dropouts, and the number of college-bound students was exaggerated.

Labor Distribution by Employer, Reports, Statistics, Academic achievement

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Some School Districts Challenge Bush's Signature Education Law

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The Reading, PA school district has filed a lawsuit to counter the 2001 No Child Left Behind Act which imposes education spending requirements that the city cannot meet. The city is faced with educating thousands of recent immigrants for whom there are not sufficient funds. Other school districts in Connecticut and Vermont have either rejected federal funds or redistributed them to avoid penalties for failing to raise student test scores.

Legal issues & crime, Government regulation (cont), Government regulation, Legal/Government Regulation, Pennsylvania, Laws, regulations and rules, Bush, George W., School districts, Pennsylvania. Department of Education

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Texas Lifts Its Probation On Schools In Houston

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After making progress towards more accurate reporting of high school dropouts, the Houston, Texas Board of Education has won back its acceptable rating.

Brief Article, Educational aspects

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