LAUSD tests scores still subpar

Despite ongoing efforts to boost test scores and achievement, Los Angeles Unified students showed only slight gains in state results released Thursday and continued to lag below statewide averages.

And more than two-thirds of the Los Angeles Unified School District's Latino and African-American students fell even further short in math and English standards, triggering renewed calls to end the "achievement gap" facing minority students. George Sanchez in the Daily News.

The LAUSD's Latinos and African-Americans also fell short of their minority counterparts statewide in California's Standardized Testing and Reporting, or STAR, program, which measures proficiency in English, math, science, reading and writing.

"There's a gap, and it's not closing fast," said Ford Roosevelt, president of Project GRAD, a nonprofit group with the motto "Graduation Really Achieves Dreams" that is helping northeast San Fernando Valley students graduate from high school and move on to higher education.