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Strong reading skills help students perform better on science tests, a Catalyst analysis of ISAT scores suggests. Below are the 10 high-poverty neighborhood schools with the best and worst scores on the 7 th-grade ISAT science test for 2003. (High-poverty is defined as having a low-income enrollment of 90 percent or more.) Catalyst obtained preliminary 2004 scores at press time; an analysis of those scores showed that only three schools in each category remained the same. Top 10 in science
Bottom 10 in science
Source: Catalyst analysis of Chicago Public Schools data Note: The science test is from the Illinois Standards Achievement Test; the reading test is from the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills. * in the same category in 2004 based on preliminary test results |
Reading skill boost science scores
