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Ohio children entering kindergarten last year were required, for the first time, to take a test to determine how ready they are for school. The scores varied by the school district the children attended. Not surprisingly, Kindergartners starting school in wealthy suburbs did much better than those starting school in high-poverty urban and rural areas. Kindergartners in charter schools, however, outperformed students from rural and low median income communities and major urban and high poverty areas. They performed close to the same level as those children from moderate to high-income rural areas or small towns. Charter schools in Ohio are believed to accept children who are the most difficult to teach. The kindergarten test is a result of the ongoing fight over school funding in the state and whether the system's dependence on local property taxes creates wide disparities between low- and high-wealth districts.
Source: Akron Beacon Journal
Date: 05/08/2006
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