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Article sold Manley short

nearly three times as many Manley students are reading at or above national norms (up from 7.5 to 20.8%);

nearly 20% fewer students are performing in the bottom quartile in Reading;

four times as many Manley graduates are going on to college;

over two-thirds of Manley’s core content area teachers have been actively involved in this effort;

classroom teaching has substantially improved (based on rubric-guided observations conducted by outside evaluators);