Vast majority at Baltimore high school read at elementary level, some kindergarten: Assessment
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At Patterson High School in Baltimore, 77% of students tested at an elementary-school reading level at the beginning of the 2021-2022 school year.
"Our children deserve better. They really do," the teacher told FOX 45's investigative team, Project Baltimore, on the condition of anonymity. "As a whole, the system has failed them."
Baltimore City Public Schools (BCPS) told Fox News Digital in a statement that 616 of the school's 1,045 students participated in either the math or reading portions of the diagnostic test Sept. 9-10, 2021 — about six days after the school year began on Aug. 31.
"As we previously stated to WBFF-TV, i-Ready scores do not provide a complete or final picture of student performance. City Schools use i-Ready to provide checkpoints on student progress during the school year," BCPS told Fox News Digital. "This was the first in-person checkpoint for students at Patterson High School after 18 months of disruption caused by the pandemic. For some students, their last in-person experience was in middle school during their seventh-grade year."
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