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soledad o'brien has a preview of her special report on the state of education in america. >> maria, whatf the 45? >> the one, the one and the radical two. >> reporter: maria wants a career that pays well and is pushing herself and her school to get it. >> i was like, well, why isn't anybody challenging me? i would do a whole week's lesson in a class period. and i was just like, okay, this is too simple to me. it's like, okay, what's next? >> reporter: do you worry that when you go off to college you're not going to be prepared to compete? >> yeah. especially like with this example, english, we're learning things like how to capitalize and when to capitalize. that's things my little sister should be learning, you know? >> reporter: half of the 2200 students at maria's school don't pass statewide tests in reading and math. >> when they come to school, they come with a fourth grade reading level and behind in math. so we really have a lot of catching up to do. >> it's just my little sister and i. >> reporter: she's the sixth of seven children. >> all of my brothers and sisters were straight

soledad o'brien reports. >> maria, what is the ratios of the 45? >> the one, the one and the 2. >> reporter: maria wants a career that pays her, so she's pushing her school to get it. >> i would do a whole week's lesson, i was like okay this is too simple for me, i was like okay, what's next. >> reporter: do you worry that when you go off to college, you're not going to be prepared to compete? >> yeah. especially with this example, english, we're learning to count the whys and when to count the whys. that's things that my little sister should be learning, you know? >> reporter: it's because more than half of the 2,200 students at maria's school don't pass state wide tests in reading and math. >> when they come to school, they come in the fourth grade reading level and behind in math so we have a lot of catching up to do. >> it's just me and my little sister. >> reporter: she's the sixth of seven children. >> all of my brothers and sisters were straight a students. >> reporter: an they went from being a students to -- >> dropping out. >> reporter: m

cnn's soledad o'brien reports. >> were you lying to parents about -- >> absolutely. >> out right lying to parents? >> in sixth grade math, we were telling 84% of children they were proficient when they took the test. >> what was the real number? >> 22. >> 22% instead of 84? >> instead of 84. you may feel good for a minute if you think that, but you're not doing these kids a favor by lying to them like that. >> reporter: high scores on easy state tests made tennessee seem like an education powerhouse. the truth? tennessee was one of the lowest performing states in the country. >> today begins a new era, a new time, in public education in our country. >> reporter: in 2001, the passage of no child left behind tied student test scores to federal education dollars. president bush's no child left behind law, the states have to report their standardized test scores, but they're making their own tests. you're going to need to report your own numbers, but guess what, you get to design your own test. >> i think that pushed the states in the direction of, we don't want to lose federal funding, we

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soledad o'brien looks at this issue in a new documentary airing this week called "don't fail me: educationing to parents? >> absolutely. >> about how well they were doing? >> in one case, 8th grade math, we were telling 88% they were sufficient. >> what was the real number? >> 22%. and you just say, look, you may feel good for a minute if you think that, but you're not doing these kids any favor by lying to them like that. >> high scores on easy state tests made tennessee seem like an educational power house. the truth, tennessee was one of the lowest performing states in the country. >> today begins a new era, a new time in public education in our country. >> in 2001, the passage of no child left behind tied student test scores to federal education dollars. president bush's no child left behind law, the states are making their own tests. guess what, you get to design your own test. >> that pushed a lot of states in the direction of, we don't want to lose federal funding or be held up as bad school systems, so let's make it work. >> and make it work means they dumbed down the test. >> yes.

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soledad o'brien has a wonderful documentary happening this weekend about education in america.id you know that u.s. students rank 25th in science and 14th in math among 39 industrialized nation. and america's future is drif ben a -- driven by a high-tech future? but many student ris sag ths ar that they are not getting what they need. so we talked to one educator in new york to tell us what will work. >> we talked to maria castro in that she has access either not to high-level math or science classes, but she is also representative of the students in schools that is grow, latino. and we wanted to talk about how she is different. because when she was not getting the high-level classes, she decided to change things. take a look. >> maria, what is the ratios of the 45? >> the 1 to 1 and the radical two. >> reporter: maria wants a career that pays well and pushing herself and her school to get it. >> i was like, why isn't anybody like challenging me? i would do a whole week's lesson, and i would say, this is too simple for me, so what is next. >> reporter: do you worry that when yo