Every year students have to pass tests to prove that they understand the material that was presented to them. If they don’t understand enough of it, then they can be held back. But apparently, that is not the case in at least one Baltimore School District. Leaked test scores show that out of 10 students tested only two knew High School level math and English. The rest were way below their grade level. One was at seventh grade and the rest were all had an elementary understanding of the basics. And they want to give these students diplomas.
“An alarming discovery out of Baltimore City Schools. Project Baltimore has obtained student assessment data that North Avenue does not release publicly. That data shows some students who could soon graduate, are performing at an elementary school level, academically.
Project Baltimore, over the years, has heard from many parents who say their children are being pushed through Baltimore City Schools without getting the education they need. Julie Gaskins told us back in 2018 that her seventh-grader was doing math and reading at a second-grade level.”
Now, Project Baltimore has obtained student assessment scores from just one class, in one high school, that show how widespread the problem appears to be.
iReady is a system schools use to measure at which grade level a student is performing. In Baltimore City Schools, iReady assessments are given in math and reading, three times a year, to measure a student’s progress. The scores we obtained show some students are performing 10-grade levels below their age.”
“One of the students was performing math at a first-grade level, which according to standards means simple addition and subtraction, such as 2 plus 3 and 9 minus 7, and connect-the-dot puzzles.
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