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hctiB G: Test Scores, Charters, Teachers and More Scores

by G Bitch

What, Me Worry?

originally posted May 20, 2008

• What did test scores prove about vouchers?

In New Orleans schools that have been taken over by the state in recent years, scores among fourth-graders on this spring’s Louisiana Educational Assessment Program test increased by 12 percentage points compared to last year. Scores for eighth-graders rose 4 percentage points.
It was a sign of long-awaited success for public education in New Orleans, and proof, said state Rep. Karen Carter Peterson, D-New Orleans, that this is not the time and New Orleans is not the place for the limited voucher program being pushed hard by Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration.
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Still, when those scores were announced — at a New Orleans school surrounded by a tall fence and barbed wire — it was easy to see why some lawmakers are still pushing to provide some students with a state-funded escape: only 48 percent of fourth-graders and 36 percent of eighth-graders in the 59 schools passed the test
“They’re not where they need to be. And, as they’re not where they need to be, we should not