Four schools honored for closing the achievement gap
The California Business for Education Excellence Foundation and Just for Kids-California singled out four local elementary schools for rasing the scores of African-American and Latino students to close the so-called "achievement gap" between those students and their Caucasian and Asian peers.
The two groups credited Bandini Street Elementary in San Pedro, Leapwood Avenue Elementary in Carson, 156th Street Elementary in Gardena and 186th Street Elementary in Harbor Gateway among 31 2007 Honor Roll schools.
"Each school demonstrated consistently high student academic achievement and made significant progress toward closing achievement gaps among all student groups," the group stated.
The groups said the schools are on track to meet the federal goal of 100 percent grade-level proficiency by the 2013-14 school year as required by the No Child Left Behind Act.