less days in classroom, higher scores (I'm just saying..)

Despite spending fewer days in the classroom, public school students continued to make gains in reading and math test scores this year, according to results released yesterday.

And nearly half of Hawaii's schools reached annual progress goals under No Child Left Behind requirements, compared with 36 percent last year, the state Department of Education said.

The improvements on the high-stakes test made for some downright giddy educators, many of whom had been bracing for declines in test scores in the wake of teacher furloughs.