Education achievement gaps still remain amid gains
Posted: 08/15/2011 09:55:55 PM PDT
Updated: 08/15/2011 09:59:22 PM PDT
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson visits Gita Amona's 10th grade science class at Reseda High School on Monday, Aug. 15, 2011. Torlakson was at the Reseda campus to announce the latest 2011 Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) results. (Hans Gutknecht/Staff Photographer)
Although they continue to improve, fewer than half the students in Los Angeles Unified are considered proficient in English or math, according to test results released Monday.
According to the Standardized Testing and Reporting Program data, 44 percent of LAUSD students scored proficient in English and 43 percent in math during the 2010-11 school year. That's up slightly from the previous year, when when 41 percent tested proficient in English and 39 percent showed the same competency in math
