Report studies METCO program's efforts to close racial gaps in education
Tufts University researchers released a longitudinal study of METCO, a program that busses predominantly Black students from Boston to school in wealthy suburbs.
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Tufts University researchers released a longitudinal study of METCO, a program that busses predominantly Black students from Boston to school in wealthy suburbs.
In the 2021-22 school year, 46.5% of Downers Grove Grade School District 58 students passed the ELA portion of the IAR test, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.
Public school leaders nationwide estimated that, on average, 44 percent of their students did not begin the 2023-24 school year at grade level in at least one academic subject, an improvement over the 49 percent reported for the start of the prior school year, according to data released recently by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), the statistical center within the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences (IES).
In the 2021-22 school year, 81.2% of Marquardt School District 15 students failed the ELA portion of the IAR test, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.
In the 2021-22 school year, 46.6% of Benjamin School District 25 students passed the Math portion of the IAR test, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.