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LAUSD superintendent announces committee to close achievement gap
- 01-18-2011
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KPCC
Los Angeles schools Superintendent Ramon C. Cortines announced today that he has convened a working committee to help black students finally close a deep and stubborn achievement gap. "Even though the achievement gap has persisted for decades, we cannot give up our sense of urgency and attempts to raise student performance for all our children," Cortines said in a statement released on Martin Luther King's birthday. "In particular, we are looking for models of success from within and outside of the (school) District in helping teachers and communities support the academic achievements of our African American students." In the Los Angeles Unified School District, 71 percent of white students tested proficient in English, according to the 2010 California Standards Tests, but only 36 percent of black students reached the same level. In math, 65 percent of white students tested proficient compared to 30 percent of black pupils, according to CST results. (more…)
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