Good News Watch:Stud…

Good News Watch:

Students in the largest urban public-school systems showed improvement in reading and math in the first year under the federal No Child Left Behind law, according to a coalition of inner-city schools.

The study by the Council of the Great City Schools reviewed test scores from 61 urban school districts in 37 states. It compared 2002 and 2003 test results.

The council’s executive director, Michael Casserly, said the gains in fourth-grade reading were especially impressive.

“It’s one of the first signs that the major cities are making substantial headway at the elementary school level in teaching students to read,” he said.

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