How Bronx Aerospace earns its top rating
I have described Bronx Aerospace High School as a place where you would not want to work. Several times. 1,2. Yet it consistently earns one of the highest Progress Report grades from the Department of Education. Not only As, but very high As. One year, I seem to recall, it had the highest A in the City.
Elsewhere NYS reported on the massive number of papers scored exactly at 65. And as result, teachers are no longer allowed to “reread” papers that fall between 60 and 64. But there are other ways to manipulate test scores.
Look at what the NY Post reports:
‘Top’ high schools’ shame
Among the most eye-opening cases is Bronx Health Sciences HS — which graduated 96.6 percent of its
