Scores dropped in Pennsylvania.
Many respected and some not-so-respected schools failed to make AYP.
School officials attributed the drop to budget cuts and anti-cheating measures.
The state Commissioner of Education said that deep budget cuts, loss of programs and personnel, had nothing to do with it.
Diane Ravitch's blog 
Districts in PA are now showing up with test scores that a declining in districts that have ALWAYS scored well. Philadelphia and Pittsburgh are well into.REFORM control ie.vouchers,choice and Charters.
The suburbs are the next target of the private-corporate controllers.
This is being done deliberatelly in order to
Redistribute knowledge. Obama believes in this … This is UNamerican..