August 2006: Summer Web Edition

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• WebExtra: High test scores
  spark CPS, state to dig deeper Chicago Public School officials and Mayor Richard Daley incited a barrage of media ridicule when they touted the district’s dramatic state test score gains as “historic” without acknowledging that revisions in the test might have contributed to the increase. Publicly, CPS is defending the validity of its gains, which are in the double-digits in almost every grade and subject. But privately, the district is working with the Illinois State Board of Education to get to the root of Chicago’s surprising achievement.