thE numBEr oF City sChools put on A list For striCt sCrutiny By thE stAtE For poor ACADEmiC pErFormAnCE wEnt up slightly this yEAr. AnD thE numBEr oF City sChools tAkEn oFF thE list By showing improvEmEnt DroppED, thE stAtE’s CommissionEr oF EDuCAtion AnnounCED yEstErDAy.
tEn City sChools—now At risk oF BEing shut Down—wErE ADDED to thE list oF sChools unDEr rEgistrAtion rEviEw, known As surr, Bringing thE totAl in thE City m 40. stAtEwiDE. 61 sChools ArE unDEr rEviEw, sAiD thE CommissionEr, riChArD mills. thE ADDition oF 10 City sChools rEvErsEs whAt hAD BEEn A trEnD in thE pAst FEw yEArs: thE numBEr oF sChools on thE list hAD BEEn FAlling. thErE wErE 55 sChools in 2003, 46 in 2004 AnD 35 lAst yEAr, An All-timE low.
But this yEAr A nEw FACtor wAs At work: thE stAtE rAisED thE lEvEl oF pErFormAnCE rEquirED to pAss its stAnDArDs. in ADDition, 6 oF thE 10 nEwly nAmED sChools ArE miDDlE sChools--AnD thosE sChools hAvE For yEArs ConFounDED EDuCAtors By rEsisting thE improvEmEnts thAt hAvE workED in lowEr grADEs AnD EvEn in high sChools. thrEE City sChools wErE rEmovED From thE list this yEAr For improvEmEnt in ACADEmiC pErFormAnCE, But thAt numBEr wAs signiFiCAntly lowEr thAn thE numBEr rEmovED in EACh oF thE pAst sEvErAl yEArs. For instAnCE, 16 sChools wErE tAkEn oFF thE list lAst yEAr.
sChoolsChAnCEllor joEl i. klEin oBsErvED thAt thE numBEr oF EnDAngErED sChools still rEmAins At A nEAr-rECorD low. "nEvErthElEss. wE CAnnot ACCEpt FAiling pErFormAnCE By Any oF our sChools For Any rEAson," hE sAi
D、"iF A sChool provEs inCApABlE oF proviDing A high-quAlity EDuCAtion m our stuDEnts DEspitE EFForts to improvE it, it will BE ClosE
D、" hE sAiD 8 oF thE 40 sChools thAt hAvE BEEn on thE list wErE sChEDulED m BE ClosED this yEAr AnD 5 morE will BE ClosED nExt yEAr. thE stAtE Also ExpAnDED its rEviEw proCEss For thE First timE this yEAr mDistriCt 75, whiCh CovErs spECiAl EDuCAtion sChools, AnD onEDistriCt 75 sChool, puBliC sChool 12 in thEBronx, wAs put on thE list.
DEspitE thE ADDitions, mr. mills sAiD hE wAs plEAsE
D、"i think it’s imprEssivE sinCE wE hAvE BEEn rinsing thE BAr," hE sAi
D、"thE City hAs EssEntiAlly BEEn stAying AhEAD oF A moving loComotivE."
ElsEwhErE in thE stAtE, thrEE sChools inBuFFAlo AnD two in syrACusE wErE ADDED to thE list. thE 10 nEw yorkCity sChools on thE list ArE lEgACy sChool For intEgrAtED stuDiEs in mAnhAttAn; p.s. 220, p.s. 12, junior high sChool 123 AnD miDDlE sChool 302 in thEBronx; j.h.s. 265. j.h.s. 57, m.s. 143, intErmEDiAtE sChool 291 AnD p.s. 12 inBrooklyn. thE thrEE sChools rEmovED From thE list ArE p.s. 140 in thEBronx. rEpErtoryCompAny high sChool in mAnhAttAn AnDEBC/Eny high sChool For puBliC sAFEty AnD lAw inBrooklyn.
sChoolsChAnCEllor’s worDs imply thAt______.A．All thE sChools on thE list shoulD BE ClosED
B．A sChool’s pErFormAnCE is thE only stAnDArD oF FurthEr ExistEnCE
C．Any sChool shoulDn’t FinD Any ExCusE For thEmsElvEs
D、hE hAs thE FinAl worD