Achievement Gap stubbornly remains despite four-year trend of higher test scores

As the Trib reported yesterday our District has recently made modest gains in student testing achievement vis a vis the state. According to our Dr. Tawnyea Lake “…in the last four years, we’ve increased our reading scores by 7 percentage points and 11 (percentage points) in math, while the state has remained relatively flat….”

Despite this our infamous “achievement gap” between races which seems to have landed us in court is just as stubborn as ever.

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Harry is a ferociously good natured eccentric in Duluth Minnesota who detests traitors dressed up as Uncle Sam. You can find somewhat better edited writings of his at the Duluth Reader "contributors." page. The URL is:

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