Reading Proves Difficult For AL Students

Analysis of the Alabama High School Grad Exam shows that many students in public schools are fairing poorly in the reading portion of the exam.

By: Christian Stapleton | WKRG
Published: November 22, 2009

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State educators estimate that at least half of Alabama students struggle with reading.

Birmingham News analysis of the 2008-09 Alabama High School Graduation Exam shows that 130 public high schools either failed reading or were classified as "borderline" failing, based on 11th-graders' performance on the Alabama High School Graduation Exam.

The analysis involved 367 high schools. In the Birmingham area, 32 high schools failed or "borderline" failed the reading portion of the graduation exam. City schools fared the worst in the state.

Of seven high schools, five failed reading outright and another was borderline failing. The only high school to pass was Ramsay High, a magnet school.