The top two districts, Bonita Unified in Los Angeles and Etiwanda Elementary in San Bernardino, had a little more than half of low-income Latino students reading and writing at grade level by third grade. In addition, many school districts have a substantial number of low-income Latino third graders, whereas the number of low-income African American and Native American third-graders is often too low to be reported.Įven in the top districts on the list, many students are not reading and writing at grade level. Statewide, almost three-fourths of low-income Latino students did not reach grade level standards in reading and writing in 2022. The group chose to look only at the scores of low-income Latino students because they make up 43% of all students in California and have historically low test scores.
Districts with fewer than 100 low-income Latino third-graders were excluded. The report ranks 285 districts based on how many Latino third graders from low-income families met or exceeded grade-level standards in English language arts on the Smarter Balanced test in 2022. That’s according to a new report from the California Reading Coalition, a literacy advocacy group made up of organizations of educators, advocates and researchers. The results appear to have more to do with how schools are teaching students to read and less about their family’s income or their English proficiency. Some districts with substantial numbers of low-income Latino students vastly outperform others when it comes to reading and writing.
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