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... en los ultimos lugares en matematica, lectura, y ciencia
... in the last places in math, reading and science

"in the last places" could mean, say, the bottom ten places, not necessarily the last place in each subject.

Bill Simon's ad is truthful, while the analyses of Gray Davis' ads showed Davis' were deceitful.
But, this article still tries to read exaggerations into Simon's ads, so that the writer can then disparage the straw men claims.

Davis' claim about test scores isn't quite true, either, even though this article uses it as the bottom line. How can scores be compared when the tests themselves have changed and when the thresholds have been lowered?

Davis promised that the state would take over failing schools. After three years of no improvements or even of declines, he simply changed the definition of a "failing school." Whereas many scores of schools qualified as failing under the old standards, now at most a handful are failing, implying that the rest are all "passing."

Davis bloated the state government 37%, yet still couldn't find enough money to take over the failing schools as he promised three years ago.

[Sunnyvale CA Eng.]

The mere notion that the S.F. Chronicle is presenting itself as providing unbiased analysis is laughable. When the time is right the SF Chron, SJ Mercury News, LA Times, Sac Bee will all clack their heels together and shout "Vote Democrat".