Progress reports fuel parent, advocate ire

The first round of Department of Education Progress Reports incited hot debate, in the City Council chamber and elsewhere, about how to define “progress” — and whether it’s possible to grade the city’s schools based on standardized test scores.

Read about a contentious hearing (and a beat-it-quick, side-door exit by the DOE’s accountability czar James Liebman) at City Limits weekly.

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