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L.A. Unified adds test score measure to school report cards - latimes.com

L.A. Unified adds test score measure to school report cards - latimes.com:

L.A. Unified adds test score measure to school report cards

The report cards produced by Los Angeles Unified to allow parents and the public to evaluate the performance of district schools now include a new feature that measures the performance of a school's standardized test scores from year to year, district officials announced Thursday.

The measurement -- academic growth over time -- shows how much students’ performance improved or decreased in each grade in English and math compared to the previous year's exam scores. The district said the measure offers a fuller view of school performance.

L.A. schools Supt. John Deasy said the addition of this data allows educators and parents to have an