LA Includes Third Grade Reading in Supt. Contract
June 28, 2011 by Irene Sege
LA Supt. John Deasy
The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) has included third grade reading as one of three performance-based metrics in the contract of Supt. John Deasy, who took over the top job in April. According to the three-year contract, Deasy gets no automatic salary increases, but is eligible for a bonus if the district exceeds one or more performance targets. The first of these is increasing third grade reading scores by eight percentage points or more over the previous year. In 2009-10, 35% of Los Angeles third graders scored proficient or above on the California Standards Test in English Language Arts.
The other two performance metrics in Deasy’s contract are increasing the four-year cohort graduation rate by eight percentage points or more and increasing ninth grade algebra scores by eight
