WHAT/WHO: Mayor Vincent C. Gray, Deputy Mayor for Education De’Shawn Wright and State Superintendent of Education Hosanna Mahaley will host a public briefing highlighting results from the 2011 D.C. Comprehensive Assessment System tests.

WHEN/WHERE: Friday, July 8, 2011, 10:00 a.m.
Safe Shores at Bundy School
429 O Street NW, First Floor
Washington, DC 20001

BACKGROUND: Each year, students in D.C. Public Schools and D.C. Public Charter Schools in grades 3-8 and grade 10 take a series of standardized exams, the D.C. Comprehensive Assessment System, to measure their skills relative to the District’s learning standards.