He increased the school's enrollment and overall math scores.

These dual social trends, when combined, could negatively impact student verbal scores at higher rates than their math scores.

Language arts scores declined from 81.4 to 80.4 percent and math scores declined from 73.7 to 71.4 percent since last year.

Concern has arisen about the lagging reading and math scores at this school.

Communities that have adopted reform curricula have generally seen increased math scores by their students.