It was reflected in the state test scores released earlier this week: They do well in elementary school, but scores drop off when they hit middle school.
Rivers of ink have been spilled into that achievement gap. Experts offer a slew of explanations: schools don't prepare students for the upper grades; middle school is viewed as a holding pen between elementary and high school; adolescence is a difficult time for students.
While reports - the most recent one released by the state Department of Education two weeks ago - offer solutions, the...
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