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`Snapshot' of reform shows mixed results
- 08-30-2011
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By Connie Llanos/Los Angeles Daily News
In its first year, Los Angeles Unified's Public School Choice failed to spark academic gains in most of the 36 campuses that were overhauled through the competitive reform plan, according to a Daily News analysis. Of the 12 underachieving LAUSD campuses that participated in the program's inaugural run, seven failed to meet or exceed the district's average growth in English and math proficiency. Some even posted decreases in student test scores. Most of the five other schools showed small gains, with a few posting exceptional growth, according to a review of the state's Standardized Testing and Reporting Program data released earlier this month. And of the two dozen new schools that were put out to bid, 17 had lower English and math proficiency rates than the neighboring schools where overcrowded conditions prompted the construction. (more...)
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