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Slow going: DC’s annual standardized test results show a slight upward tick overall, with 54% of students scoring proficient in math and just under 50% in reading. The charter sector continued to outperform DCPS, and the achievement gap between low-income and minority students and others persisted. (Post)

Summer melt: Many disadvantaged students who have been accepted to college fail to show up in the fall, including some in DC. (Post)

Poverty comes to the suburbs: More Americans are now living in poverty in the suburbs than in urban or rural areas, and suburban schools will need to rely on models like community schools to grapple with the problem. (Ed Week)

Pre-K and crime: While some studies show that gains in test scores among kids who have attended pre-K fade after a few years, it seems that they’re less likely to commit crimes later in life. (Vox)

The mark of the devil?: That’s how one teachers’ union leader characterized evaluation systems that rely on student test scores. But most teacher evaluations don’t rest on test results, and when they do, the scores usually count for less than half a teacher’s score. (Post)