Baltimore City students this year made their largest strides toward meeting mandates required by the No Child Left Behind law.

Their reading scores jumped almost 11 percentage points over last year?s, while math scores increased nearly 8 percentage points on the Maryland School Assessment. Even larger gains were made in groups of disadvantaged students, including those in special education and who don?t primarily speak English.

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