Thursday, January 8, 2009 , Updated
Texas public schools score higher than national average in Education Week report
Granted, Texas earns a paltry C+ in public school performance reviews, but the national average was a paltrier C.
Education Week's "Quality Counts" report this year focused on the progress of English-language learners, in addition to studying the more typical school performance criteria. According to the TEA, 17% of Texas students are in the English-language learner category (which one assumes means ESL, since every student takes "English").
Texas fared better than average in a number of categories, including advancing students to the next grade level (move along Johnny, I don't care if you can't spell "illiterate"). Where the state fell below average was in school financing, scoring a D+ to the nation's C+. Hey, I know where you can get some finances.
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