Quotable
"The bottom line is that we have to both give our students credit for the progress they've made, but also accept the reality that more must be done before we can have the best school system in the nation." --Richard Daley, Mayor, City of Chicago
ChiTrib:??Chicago school officials tout higher test scores
Notable
40 : The number of erasures found on some 2008 fifth grade math exam answer sheets in Georgia. When certain schools' low sixth grade scores made the high fifth grade scores suspect, the Governor's office conducted an audit. (The average answer sheet has only 2 erasures.)
AP: Georgia could toss suspect math exam results