Report: 79% of Chicago 8th graders “not proficient in reading.” No wonder these teachers are demanding a raise. 79% isn’t an F. #tcot
— Fred Thompson (@fredthompson) September 13, 2012
Here’s the report form CNSNews.com:
Seventy-nine percent of the 8th graders in the Chicago Public Schools are not grade-level proficient in reading, according to the U.S. Department of Education, and 80 percent are not grade-level proficient in math.
Chicago public school teachers went on strike on Monday and one of the major issues behind the strike is a new system Chicago plans to use for evaluating public school teachers in which student improvement on standardized tests will count for 40 percent of a teacher’s evaluation. Until now, the evaluations of Chicago public school teachers have been based on what a Chicago Sun Times editorial called a “meaningless checklist.”
