Hub students outscore peers in large cities - The Boston Globe

Hub students outscore peers in large cities - The Boston Globe

Hub students outscore peers in large cities

Fourth, eighth grades shine in ’09 national reading test

By James Vaznis

Globe Staff / May 21, 2010

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Boston’s fourth- and eighth-graders outscored their peers in most large cities on a national reading test last year, according to a report released yesterday by the US Education Department.

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Boston’s eighth-graders scored an average of 257 points on the National Assessment of Educational Progress exam, surpassed only by Austin, Texas; Miami-Dade; Charlotte, N.C., and Jefferson County, Ky. The average score among eighth-graders for the 18 large cities in the report was 252.

Fourth-graders in the Hub were topped by students in five other cities: New York City, Charlotte, Miami-Dade, Austin, and Jefferson County, Ky., according to the Nation’s Report Card report. Boston’s fourth-graders scored an average of 215

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