WHY THE PARTNERSHIP FOR LOS ANGELES SCHOOLS (PLAS) EXPERIMENT MUST END AT ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL by JOHN FERNANDEZ
(Mensaje se repite en Español)
On December 7, 2007 teachers and parents voted 152-62 in favor of the Mayor's Partnership for Los Angeles Schools (PLAS) to work "collaboratively" with teachers, parents, classified staff, and students to increase student achievement at Roosevelt High School. After 5-years, PLAS is a dismal failure at Roosevelt High School.
After five years, 2012 standardized test scores indicate that six out of seven small schools at Roosevelt have API scores from 544 to 672 range, not counting the magnet school. A score of 600 or below qualifies a school as a "Focus School," which can be reconstituted, taken over by a charter operator, or taken over by groups of teachers. CST scores range from 200 to 1,000, with 800 being the statewide performance target.
When the PLAS experiment got underway at Roosevelt High School in 2007,