By Ap/KWMU
East ST. Louis, Ill. – East St. Louis High School and Cahokia High School in the Metro-East are still struggling with low test scores.
Neither school had more than 23% of students meeting state standards in math or reading. The new federal No Child Left Behind law requires 40% of students to meet those marks.
The two are on a warning list but school officials say new programs will improve the scores.
In East St. Louis, just 8% of math scores and just more than 18% of reading scores met or exceeded state standards. In Cahokia, 23% of math students and 22% of reading students met or exceeded the standards.
The data are based on the 11th grade Prairie State Achievement tests.
This is the second consecutive year the districts have failed to meet the requirements.