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On Sun, 31 Jul 2005 08:31:28 -0700, "Orenthal J. Whippacoon"
<scrub_that_stool_d@shawn.com> wrote:

First off, it would help if you understood the percentages you are
quoting.  Your subject line is inaccurate.  There is no description 
of the race of the children who failed, so it is certainly not
accurate to say that 100% of these were black children.  Also
the 86% refers only to children who were already off level enough
to be going to summer school, so your 86% is actually 86% of a 
much smaller number than the total number of children in any of
the schools.   I analyzed only one school, but if you know any
arithmetic yourself, this should show you your errors.

Bardmoor Elementary school has 653 children enrolled.
Grade 3 has 105 students for the 2004/05 school year.  Of the total
number of students, 64% are white, 29% are black and 6% are Hispanic
or Asian.  If these percentages distribute to the 3rd grade, then 67 
students in the 3rd grade were white and 30 were black.  Also 64% of
the students tested before summer school were on level.  This means
that of the 105 students 67 passed without the summer camp.  Thus
38 students would have had to attend summer reading camp.  If 86%
of these students failed, that means that 32 students failed.  But 32
students out of 105 is not 86% (it's about 30%) and we don't know how
many of those 32 students were black and how many were white
so we cannot know what percentage of black students failed from your
article, but we do know it is less than 30%.

Try some using your head when you read percentages and statistics.
Your analysis is faulty.  You might attempt at least to post accurate
subject lines.
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>http://www.sptimes.com/2005/07/31/Tampabay/Reading_test_is_bane_.shtml
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