{"id":114916,"date":"2017-06-04T11:17:02","date_gmt":"2017-06-04T19:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=114916"},"modified":"2023-08-26T16:37:19","modified_gmt":"2023-08-27T00:37:19","slug":"75-of-black-california-boys-dont-meet-state-reading-standards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=114916","title":{"rendered":"75% of black California boys don\u2019t meet state reading standards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.dailynews.com\/social-affairs\/20170604\/75-of-black-california-boys-dont-meet-state-reading-standards\">Los Angeles Daily News<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nAcross ethnicities and economic status, girls outperform boys on English in standardized tests<\/p>\n<p>Three of four African-American boys in California classrooms failed to meet reading and writing standards on the most recent round of testing, according to data obtained from the state Department of Education and analyzed by CALmatters.<\/p>\n<p>More than half of black boys scored in the lowest category on the English portion of the test, trailing their female counterparts. 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