CA students low on the achievement ladder
A fairly discouraging study out of UCLA reports that California students aren't making the grade. Here's an exerpt from Naush Boghossian's story, which includes info about South Bay schools.
California students are among the nation's worst academic achievers, and although some South Bay schools are bucking the trend, those in the Los Angeles Unified School District are faring even worse than the statewide average, according to a UCLA study released Thursday.In one of the broadest looks at California's educational system, the state's high-school students ranked near the bottom nationwide on key markers including achievement, graduation and college-enrollment rates.
If current trends continue, every high school in California will fail to achieve proficiency in math by the 2014 goal set by the federal No Child Left Behind law, the report's researchers found.