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Partners contribute to improving the education systems in their cities by analyzing high school graduation rates, enrollment projections, school spending and test scores. If you are interested in test scores specifically, type student performance in the site's main search box.

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Decreasing Social and Economic Disparities in San Antonio and Bexar County

Community Information Now (CINow) supports the vision of the...

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In the 2000 Communities Count Report, South King County residents were found to have read to their children less than residents in other parts of King County. In South King County 58 percent of...

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Data Drives Development of Reading Initiative

The Ochs Center, formally known as the Community Research Council (CRC), in Chattanooga, TN provided support for the development of Hamilton County’s Reading Initiative.4 At the request of the...

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