NYTimes: Changes at New Orleans Schools Bring Gains in Test Scores
… Nonetheless, more than half the students who took the test in those grades did not pass, and 60 percent of high school students got an unsatisfactory ranking in standardized English and math tests, a figure three to four times higher than the percentage throughout Louisiana.
* George W. Bush, March 29, 2001
must to read the fine print on these supposed improvements, methinks…