... for example (White, 1992). On the hand, Test scores continue to climb in urban school districts, some of which are making greater gains on math and reading assessments than their state averages, a report concludes. The annual city-by-city analysis, conducted by the Council of the Great City ... scores from the first year their state assessments were administered to 2001. Gains were made in about 87 percent of all grades tested in math and 76 percent of all grades tested in reading in those districts, the analysis found. Roughly 44 percent of all grades tested in ... the urban districts ...

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