Claims extracted
22
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
9%
2 of 22 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
withheld
no quote in the article backed the model's score
Publisher signals
66/100
New York Post's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
1
Education
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
California’s school results continue to be a national disgrace.
asserted
results → continue → ?
There is no reason for the wealthiest state in the country, and the center of the high-tech industry, to be among the country’s worst performers in education.
asserted
state → be → education
California education officials may pat themselves on the back for a 1% increase in math scores and a 0.5% increase in English scores.
uncertain
officials → pat → scores
Yet as the California Post reported, the fact remains that only 38.4% of students in California public schools showed math proficiency on tests this spring.
asserted
% → report → tests
Only 49.3% met or exceeded state standards in English.
asserted
% → meet → English
You don’t need to be a math genius to know that’s less than a majority, and well below a failing grade.
asserted
that → need → grade
The state has yet to climb out of the hole caused by the lockdown policies of the pandemic.
asserted
state → have → pandemic
California public schools — under the influence of the teachers’ unions — remained locked down for a year.
asserted
schools → remain → year
That created a learning gap that has never been filled.
asserted
that → create → gap
It also caused an exodus of students from the system.
asserted
It → cause → system
Those parents who could afford private school, or who had the time to homeschool their kids, did so.
uncertain
who → afford → kids
Some families simply moved out of state.
asserted
families → move → state
And some children just stopped showing up.
asserted
children → stop → ?
Last year, California’s legislature decided to follow Mississippi’s example and require old-fashioned phonics to be used in teaching children how to read.
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phonics → decide → children
One of them is the massive gap between the state’s best- and worst-performing schools.
asserted
One → perform → schools
San Mateo Park Elementary, just a stone’s throw away from Silicon Valley, saw only 3.57% of its students meet the English standard.
asserted
% → see → standard
Only 5.56% showed proficiency in math.
asserted
% → show → math
While there are always individual factors in particular schools, the reason for general stagnation is no mystery.
asserted
reason → be → stagnation
The California Teachers Association has a stranglehold on education policy in the state.
asserted
Association → have → state
In addition, the union indulges all kinds of far-left extreme policies that have nothing to do with education, except perhaps to make it worse.
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it → indulge → education
Every four years, when choosing a state superintendent of schools, California voters send another union-backed candidate to Sacramento.
asserted
voters → choose → Sacramento
This year’s test results are a reminder that — as Xavier Becerra said in the gubernatorial debate — the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting a different result.
asserted
definition → say → result
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