More poverty means lower school test scores; less poverty means higher school test scores. (jonathanpelto.com)
Interestingly enough, no study has yet shown better high school test scores, but the Boston studies have shown higher grade point averages and, of course, attendance goes through the roof and dropout rates are decreased. (edutopia.org)
When I started as an administrator at Corbett, we were a typical comprehensive high school with a history of some of the lowest high school test scores in Oregon. (educationnorthwest.org)