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Latinos avanzan en la escuela
La Opinion
September 5, 2008 -This article responds to the 2008 AYP/API results released by the California Department of Education. While over half of all California schools met their benchmark goals, the achievement gap remained glaringly apparent.
Lo que estamos empezando a ver es que la brecha académica se está comenzando a cerrar poco a poco", dijo Russlynn Ali, directora ejecutiva de The Education Trust-West. "Sabemos que aún queda un largo camino por recorrer y para llegar a ese punto lo que los distritos van a tener que hacer es responder a las necesidades de los estudiantes en lugar de usar el desafío como una excusa".
Is our students learning?
Sacramento News and Review
August 28, 2008- When students return to Sacramento City Unified schools next week, it’s likely they won’t recall much about the thousands of little bubbles they marked on the spring Standardized Testing and Reporting exams. Their teachers and administrators don’t have the luxury of forgetting. Whether they support the current state and federal systems regulating California schools or regard them as a nuisance, educators will start the new school year analyzing last year’s data in depth.
Más latinos en escuelas públicas
La Opinion
August 27, 2008-This article is about the growing Latino population in our schools. A Pew report released August 26, 2008 found that 1 in 5 public school students is now Latino.
"Lo que hay de verdad es que un giro demográfico en los salones significa nuevas necesidades, tener nuevos rumbos, y esa parte del trabajo aún no se ha hecho. La mayoría de los distritos escolares ni siquiera están preparados para esto", comentó Russlynn Ali, directora ejecutiva de The Education Trust-West, para quien una de las prioridades debería ser que esos alumnos aprendan "rápido y de una forma consistente el inglés".
“The truth is that a demographic shift in the classroom presents a new set of needs, having new goals, and that is the part of the effort which has not been done. The majority of school districts are not prepared for this”, commented Russlynn Ali, Executive Director of The Education Trust-West, for whom one of the priorities should be for those students (ELL) “to learn English in an accelerated and consistent manner.”
California Cramming
Campus Report Online
8/22/08 - California students only managed to demonstrate minimal gains in English and made no significant progress in Math on academic achievement tests, according to the data released recently by the California Department of Education, as the Education Trust-West relayed.
Alameda scores remain steady on STAR test
The Mercury News
8/18/08 - About a quarter of Alameda students are meeting state and federal standards in English and math comprehension, according to 2008 test data released Thursday.
California test scores are higher, but higher federal targets put more schools at risk
Los Angeles Times
8/15/08 - In that regard, the state should have made more progress, said Russlynn Ali, executive director of the Education Trust-West, an Oakland-based research and advocacy organization.
"Indeed, with time, the narrowing of achievement gaps between groups slows in the elementary grades, stops in middle school, and then begins to widen again in high school," Ali said in a statement.
Oakland’s test scores rise, especially in elementary schools
Oakland Tribune
8/15/08-Russlynn Ali, executive director of the Oakland-based education advocacy group Education Trust-West, would agree.
"Some schools are making great gains," Ali said. "The real question is why all of them aren't."
Livingston’s school progress highlighted in pep talk
Merced Sun-Star
8/15/08 -The state is failing to teach its black, Latino and poor students, putting them at a lifelong disadvantage with their white counterparts, the Education Trust-West's Executive Director Russlynn Ali told about 300 Livingston Union School District employees Wednesday. "This is the most important civil rights issue of our time," she intoned. "When you started as a teacher, you didn't know you were a soldier in this."
Students show gains in math, English, but black, Latino students continue to lag
San Jose Mercury News
8/15/08 - That achievement gap remains a huge problem in California and needs to be addressed, said Russlyn Ali, executive director of the Oakland-based nonprofit Education Trust-West. The organization released it's own concurrent study on the STAR results Thursday. "While we should applaud today's results, this is hardly the finish line," Ali said. "Any progress is good progress, but overall performance remains too low. Improvement is too slow. And achievement gaps remain far too wide."
Also: Hayward Daily-Review
EdTrust’s sober assessment
Educated Guess blog (San Jose Mercury News)
8/15/08 - Education Trust-West has turned around an analysis of the STAR results that the State Department of Education released yesterday. The study offers a detailed look at the state’s continuing and persistent achievement gap — the dark side of the sunny news that the state continues to make slow, but steady progress in scores on state standardized tests.
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State's students make modest progress in English, math
Inside Bay Area.com
08/14/2008 - California's 4.7 million students continue to make modest gains in English and math comprehension, but less than half meet state and federal standards in the subjects, according to 2008 test data released Thursday.
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College Board to debut an 8th-grade PSAT exam
The Los Angeles Times
8/8/08 - Russlyn Ali, executive director of Education Trust-West, the Oakland arm of a Washington-based nonprofit dedicated to improving education, said many California public school students are first-generation college aspirants who lack the background and information to map out their own routes to higher education. "That plays out in kids' real lives; most of them are taking a hodgepodge of classes and by the end of 11th grade it's too late," Ali said.
24% LIKELY TO DROP OUT AT STATE'S HIGH SCHOOLS; New, more accurate tracking system finds rate is far higher than previously thought
San Francisco Chronicle
7/17/08-Nearly 1 in 4 California students will drop out during high school, state educators said Wednesday, basing their prediction on what they said is the most accurate information about student attendance they've ever collected.
Old Problem, New Approach to Solving Achievement Gap
KXTV-TV ABC, Sacramento
7/15/08 - According to a 2007 study by the Department of Education, 69 percent of black students and 62 percent of Latino students in grades 8 through 11 perform at a "below basic" level in Algebra II. Meanwhile, 64 percent of white students and 76 percent of Asian students perform at the basic or proficient level of the same subject. That is just a snapshot of the chievement gap from a recent study by the Education Trust West. Advocates with the Education Trust West say it's important for students to learn at the proper level starting in preschool as it increases a child's chances of succeeding in the years ahead.
Schools Reclassify Students, Pass Test Under Federal Law
Sacramento Bee
4/27/08-Will C. Wood Middle School faced a vexing situation when last year's test results came out in August. Most students had met the mark set by No Child Left Behind. But African American students' math scores fell far short of it, bringing the school into failing status in the eyes of the federal law.
State of the State: Addressing the Education Information Deficit
1/09/08 -On Tuesday, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced the creation of a new education data commission to ensure that California’s parents, teachers, educators and policy-makers have the information they need to make effective decisions about transforming California’s education system so that all students are prepared for college and the workforce.
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