41. And evidence has begun to accumulate that low-performing students and schools have higher test scores in the face of more rigorous expectations. 42. And it now appears likely that all government-run schools will be required in the future to open their test scores to the public. 43. And he heard numerous suggestions, including one for teaching students the techniques of transcendental meditation to improve their test scores. 44. And no mainstream politician is eager to explain the virtues of racial diversity to parents of white applicants whose places are taken by nonwhites with lower test scores. 45. And in new annual evaluations that will determine whether they can keep their jobs, school principals will be partly judged on student test scores. 46. And over it all hangs the shadow of test scores that are largely static or even eroding. 47. And proof of educational benefit, he said, should be shown in test scores or other specifically educational outcomes. 48. And test scores can hardly improve when newly arrived immigrants who speak little English must take standardized tests with no preparation. 49. And test scores for black children remain lower than for whites. 50. And most important, test scores and graduation rates are climbing, though that climb began even before the mayor took over. |