It is the first assessment of economic scores for 12th graders only.

79% performed at the basic level, while 42% performed at the proficient level. Males did better than the women by on a couple of points. I think these scores are okay, much better than other exams such as math.

Lots of sample questions included which is a good thing.

on school breakfast in 23 large urban cities is out.

Only 2 school districts out of the 23 listed had a participation rate above 90% while the third best school district was not even about 64%. School funding missed just from these 23 school districts is 129.4 million which excludes the top two school districts.

a research report out on people that were apart of the Child-Parent Center program in the Chicago Illinois area. The program looked at 1539 kids that were apart of this program.

High School Graduation rates for people in this program was around 9% higher, A few percent better for going to college, a few perfect lower for winding up with an adult crime, and around 7% higher for having a job just to name some of the stats.

The San Diego Union-Tribune reports on 600 new freshman at the San Marcos High School that are taking apart of this program where older peers help the new freshman transition better into high school.

for the fifth straight year. The proficient level in math rose 3% while the proficient level in reading went up 2.5%.

for good scores on an exam is a good thing says an article by the New York Times.