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- Source: Arizona Daily Star
- Date: May 11, 2008
- URL: Read the story
- Bylines:
Jack Gillum ,
Andrea Rivera ,
George B. Sanchez ,
Jamar Younger
- Topics:
Education
- Data Types:
Local Data
- Description/Excerpt: Thousands of Tucson-area middle and high school students who fail key subjects continue to progress through Pima County's largest school districts every year toward graduation, a 10-month investigation by the Arizona Daily Star has found.
In the 2006-07 school year alone, nine in 10 students were moved to the next grade level, but data show that nearly a third of them failed basic courses in English, math, science or social studies. At least 94,000 students failed essential classes during the past six years.
The Star's analysis found, that because grade inflation is likely occurring in Tucson-area schools, not only are thousands of children being socially promoted every year, but
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