If California parents and their children are to have more educational choices besides the regular public schools, then they will have to make their voices heard in the halls of the Capitol.
Recently, Los Angeles school superintendent Alberto Carvalho held a celebratory press conference to trumpet the incremental increase in the district’s student test scores, but while he was focusing on some bright trees, the dark forest remains—a large majority of Los Angeles students still fail to meet state grade-level standards in English and math.
The state standardized test is called the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP). It is administered in grades three through eight and in grade eleven. Students are measured according to whether they meet grade-level state standards in subjects such as English and math.
In his press conference, Carvalho said that test scores had rebounded from the time of the COVID pandemic. However, the reality is not as clearcut as that.
Nothing contained in this blog is to be construed as necessarily reflecting the views of the Pacific Research Institute or as an attempt to thwart or aid the passage of any legislation.
Obscuring the forest for the trees: Most LAUSD students still below standards
Lance Izumi
If California parents and their children are to have more educational choices besides the regular public schools, then they will have to make their voices heard in the halls of the Capitol.
Recently, Los Angeles school superintendent Alberto Carvalho held a celebratory press conference to trumpet the incremental increase in the district’s student test scores, but while he was focusing on some bright trees, the dark forest remains—a large majority of Los Angeles students still fail to meet state grade-level standards in English and math.
The state standardized test is called the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP). It is administered in grades three through eight and in grade eleven. Students are measured according to whether they meet grade-level state standards in subjects such as English and math.
In his press conference, Carvalho said that test scores had rebounded from the time of the COVID pandemic. However, the reality is not as clearcut as that.
Read the Los Angeles Daily News op-ed here.
Nothing contained in this blog is to be construed as necessarily reflecting the views of the Pacific Research Institute or as an attempt to thwart or aid the passage of any legislation.