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exams		 % Scoring
proficient
  • 1996 8th grade math
    		•  24%
  • 1996 4th grade math
    		•  23%
  • 1996 8th grade science
    		•  32%
  • 1994 4th grade reading
    		•  30%
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  • Efforts to raise teacher quality
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    C 
  • School climate
    		•  D-
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    transparent.gif (43 bytes) Equity C+
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    U tah's social studies standards need work, according to the American Federation of Teachers. And the only mandatory statewide test is a norm-referenced one. The state launched a pilot program for charter schools last year, permitting eight charter schools statewide. Lawmakers toyed with, but failed to pass, a tuition-tax credit proposal for the second year in a row.

    * NOTE: The equity grade is based on 1994-95 data, the most recent available.


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    © 1999 Editorial Projects in Education

    Vol. 18, number 17, page 178