I'm a believer in school testing and the validity of test scores.  I believe most parents fall into that same category.  So when the API scores are released, it's news…except when it's not.  Per the Mercury Times here are the B'game scores for the last two years–released today as the kids hit the asphalt yards.

                            2013        2012

Franklin                    962        955

Lincoln                      918        920

McKinley                    887        880

Roosevelt                   917       919

Washington                895        887

BIS                            902        904

Putting my statistician's hat on, the only thing one can conclude from these figures is that things are very stable in B'game schools.  Ok, kids, now get started on the new year.