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The Philadelphia Inquirer had their Report Card section for the schools this past weekend.

Most money spent per student
Lower Merion 21,313
Chester-Upland 18,894
Morrisville Borough 18,176
Jenkintown 17,646
New Hope-Solebury 17,042

Least money spent per student
Twin Valley 10,828
Avon Grove 10,412
Central Busck 10,354
Upper Darby 9,889
Boyertown 9,761

In looking at the statistics further the 2 that spend the most money per student:

Lower Merion ~ 86% take SATs…598 math…582 verbal…576 writing…91% go to a 4 year college….5% go to a 2 year college….and 1% join the military

Chester upland only 33% take the SATs...381 math….380 verbal…380 writing…13% go to a 4 college…15% go to a 2 college….and 5% join the military

And for the 2 schools that spend the least money per child:

Upper Darby….62% take the SATs…469 math….459 verbal…447 writing….49% go to a 4 college….34% go to a 2 year college….and 1% join the military

Boyertown…70% take SATs….506 math….494 verbal…..482 writing…50% go to a 4 year college….22% go to a 2 year college….3% join the military

Masterman, in Philadelphia ranks highest for SAT scores with 100% of the students taking them....scoring 618 math...599 verbal...606 writing...100% go to a 4 year college. The money spent per student is $12,077.

There was alot of information in the report but I wanted to focus on the spending per child. Chester Upland spends the 2nd highest amount of money per child, and they have one of the worst performances in the SATs, and percentage of children going to college is low. Also, 96.4% of graduates failed state reading or math tests- the highest rate in the region-essentially receiving empty diplomas....overall 47% of seniors failed these tests.

Their budget is already $94.5 million per year. It should be obvious that money is not the issue here.

Also, Pennsylvania is now introducing proposed legislation for 6th graders to begin taking the PSSA tests--or a new set of state tests before they could graduate in 2014. Does anyone else see something wrong with this? Why would they change the tests? They should focus on better preparing the students.

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