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City Public Schools Spending Rises While Student Performance Stays Flat, Report Says
A new report finds that per-pupil spending in one city's public schools has increased substantially over the past decade while reading and math proficiency rates have remained largely unchanged. Officials and analysts cited in the report attribute the gap to factors other than funding levels.
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A report released this week shows that city public schools have increased per-pupil spending by roughly 50 percent over the past ten years while student proficiency rates in reading and math have shown little change. The analysis examined budget data and standardized test results from the same district.
It concluded that additional dollars have not produced measurable gains in core academic skills.
The document states that current spending exceeds $30,000 per student annually. Proficiency rates remain below 50 percent in both subjects, according to the figures presented. The report notes that similar patterns appear in other large districts that have also raised spending without corresponding test-score improvements.
"What is missing is not money," the report states, pointing instead to curriculum choices, instructional time, and school governance as areas that may affect outcomes. City education officials have not issued a public response to the report as of the current date.
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