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Kashmere Gardens Elementary School is a public primary school located in the Kashmere Gardens area of Houston, Texas, United States.〔"(Kashmere Gardens Elementary School Attendance Boundary )." ''Houston Independent School District''. Retrieved on January 29, 2009.〕 It is a part of the Houston Independent School District. The school was named a National Blue Ribbon School in 2003.〔(Microsoft Word - list-2003.doc )〕 ==History== The school opened in 1949; it was named after the neighborhood.〔"(School Histories: the Stories Behind the Names )." ''Houston Independent School District''. Retrieved on January 29, 2009.〕 In 1998, the school had high Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS) results; for instance all of the school's fourth grade students passed the reading and mathematics portions of the test, 100% of third graders passed the TAAS reading test, and 99% of third graders passed the TAAS mathematics test. 88 percent of all tested Kashmere Gardens students passed all TAAS sections. The school had a largely low income African American student body. The school was used in HISD's publicity campaign highlighting the district's high test scores. A cheating scandal regarding the school began in the northern hemisphere spring of 1999. The school's TAAS results in 1999 were far below that of the results in 1998. 17% of the school's fourth graders passed all TAAS sections. 20% of the school's third graders passed the mathematics test. 54% of the third graders passed the reading test. 29% of all Kashmere Gardens students passed all TAAS sections in 1999.〔Connelly, Richard. "(Grade Charades? )" ''Houston Press''. July 1, 1999. Retrieved on February 23, 2010.〕 In 2008 criminals systematically burglarized several area schools, including Kashmere Gardens.〔Connelly, Richard. "(Someone Hates Kashmere Gardens Schools )." ''Houston Press''. Monday July 21, 2008. Retrieved on February 24, 2010.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kashmere Gardens Elementary School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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