Table: Missing the Mark

December 06, 2005 1 min read

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鈥楤asic鈥� Level Tough Going for Urban Pupils

Despite improvements, large proportions of students in some of the nation鈥檚 biggest city districts remain mired at the 鈥渂elow basic鈥� level on 鈥渢he nation鈥檚 report card.鈥�

	READING				MATH
	Grade 4		Grade 8		Grade 4		Grade 8
	2003	2005	2003	2005	2003	2005	2003	2005
Atlanta	63%	59%	53%	54%	50%*	43%	70%	69%
Austin, T.X.	鈥�	39	鈥�	35	鈥�	15	鈥�	32
Boston	52	49	39	39	41*	28	52*	42
Charlotte, N.C.	36	35	29	31	16	14	33	31
Chicago	60	60	41	40	50	48	58	55
Cleveland	65	63	52	51	49*	40	62	66
Dist. of Columbia	69	67	53	55	64*	55	71	69
Houston	52	48	45	41	30*	23	48*	42
Los Angeles	65	63	57	53	48*	42	68*	62
New York City	47	43	38	39	33*	27	46	46
San Diego	49	49	40	37	34*	26	47*	39
NATION	38*	38	28*	29	24*	21	33*	32