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Friday, August 22, 2014

Marshall Tuck run schools SAT scores remained flat, some even declined

Marshall Tuck run schools SAT scores remained flat, some even declined:



Marshall Tuck run schools SAT scores remained flat, some even declined

“The lowest-performing, based on test scores, is the large Green Dot chain.” — Los Angeles Times
Marshall Tuck’s campaign literature claims “Marshall has run two of California’s most innovative school systems, improving… student achievement levels in tough neighborhoods” However, achievement data from the schools he ran at both Green Dot Charter Corporation and Partnership for Los Angeles Schools gives lie to Tuck’s latest outrageous claim.
Marshall Tuck run schools SAT scores remained flat, and some even declined
Marshall Tuck run schools SAT scores remained flat, and some even declined
The following excerpt from Marshall Tuck’s Legacy of Bigotry and Failure further illuminates the major issues with SAT and remediation rates at Tuck run schools:
Animo Inglewood Charter High School’s SAT scores under Tuck bear out the dismal showing on the CSU proficiency exams. Cohorts that would have started as Freshmen under Tuck (i.e. years 2002 though 2007) and taking their SAT in the Junior years would span from 2004 to 2010. Here are the Average SAT Composite (Verbal/Math/Writing) scores from 2005 to 2011: 1,153, 1,215, 1,267, 1,172, 1,199, and 1,290. Not once during that span did the percentage of students scoring at least 1,500 ever exceed 19.6 percent. 1,500 is considered the minimum threshold for college readiness. As a frame of reference, the SAT Composite Average for Freshmen accepted to UCLA was 2,052. Again, none of this is to blame or 
Marshall Tuck run schools SAT scores remained flat, some even declined: