Tuesday July 5, 1 - 2 pm: Baltimore City Schools CEO Andres Alonso

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Of the 50 schools across the state that showed the largest combined drops on math and reading scores in the Maryland School Assessment, 45 were in Baltimore. Most striking: Six city schools dropped 20 points or more in both reading and math since 2010. Coming on the heels of another cheating scandal, the test results raise two questions: were Baltimore's celebrated gains since 2007 under CEO Andres Alonso the result of test tampering or was this year's setback normal for a large, urban school system after years of rising scores? We'll hear directly from Dr. Alonso this hour as he visits Midday to talk about his analysis of suspected cheating and what to do about Baltimore's most troubled schools.