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Study Blasts Chicago Public Schools
A new study says perceived improvements in Chicago Public Schools are just that: perception. Eden Martin is the President of the Commercial Club of Chicago. He says new tests, not better schools, have allowed CPS officials to report higher scores at the K through 8 levels.
MARTIN: The "meeting standard" is so weak that many if not most of the students who are reported in the 8th grade as "meeting standards" have very little chance of meeting standards in the 11th grade, or being prepared for college.
The Commercial Club report says the vast majority of high schools in Chicago are "abysmal."
Martin says it's because elementary and middle school students aren't well prepared. He says adding more charter and contract schools will help.
A Chicago Public Schools spokesperson hadn't read the study and declined to comment.
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