LAUSD scores mixed

05-14-2010

By Connie Llanos/Contra Costa Times

While more local schools are reaching state targets on benchmark tests, nearly three-quarters of Los Angeles Unified campuses rank among the state's lowest-performing schools, according to data released Thursday by the California Department of Education. The latest Academic Performance Index results show some positive trends for LAUSD, such as 158 schools meeting a target score of 800 points (on a 200-1000 point scale), up from 141 schools last year Also, 33 district schools were ranked among the top 10 percent of schools statewide. Still, 72 percent of the district's campuses remain in the lower half of the state's ranking. That's slightly worse than five years ago, when just under 70 percent of LAUSD schools were ranked in the bottom half. The results show that while many LAUSD schools are improving their API scores each year, they are not quite keeping with overall API gains statewide. (more...)

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