sfchronicle.com
In the black-and-white world of standardized tests, Hoover Elementary, located a few blocks from a freeway entrance in West Oakland, is failing its 300 students. Just 15% of them read at grade level, according to the most recent scores, including just 9% of those in the third grade. The principal and teachers are under immense pressure to bring those numbers up as students sit for the annual round of testing this month. In real life, Hoover isn’t black and white. There is laughter, bright studen…
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