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Bay Area schools face scrutiny over test scores

Submitted by Erin Dage on Fri, 03/12/2010 - 15:18

This week schools around the Bay Area went under the press’ microscope, as test scores and busing policies promised to reshape districts across the region.

On Monday, a list of California’s lowest-performing schools was released. Among the state’s 188 lowest-performing schools, five were from Oakland, five were from Hayward and one was from San Lorenzo. The “unwelcome distinction," as described by Oakland Tribune education reporter Katy Murphy, was given to schools that had low scores in reading and math standardized testing for the past three years and have shown little improvement in that time.
 
Janis Duran, interim superintendent of the Hayward Unified School District, said it was “very disheartening” to see schools in the district on the list, given recent achievements such as improved test scores and more instruction time.
 

On Tuesday, the San Francisco Unified School District’s Board of Education approved a new school assignment policy. The policy will go into effect in 2011 and takes into consideration the home location and standardized test scores of the student. It will be applied differently for elementary, middle and high school students.

“The goals of this system are to continue to diversify our schools and decrease the population of underserved students in one school,” said district spokeswoman Gentle Blythe.

See Also:

List of California's lowest-performing schools released
insidebayarea.com -  3/8/10

SF schools agree to change in assignment policy
sfappeal.com -  3/10/10

 

Other big stories this week:

 

Civics

SF supervisors hearing push to regulate food carts
cbs5.com -  3/8/10

Mayor Newsom gets fiscally conservative over $522 million San Francisco budget deficit
caivn.org -  3/8/10

San Francisco's LGBT Center asking city for $1 million
kron.com -  3/10/10

San Francisco's shelter system leaves some out in the cold
kalwnews.org -  3/10/10

SF steps closer to becoming smokeless city
nbcbayarea.com - 3/10/10

Ruling expected on CA open primary ballot wording
cbs5.com -  3/12/10

San Francisco mayor running for lieutenant governor
examiner.com -   3/12/10

Appeals court says 'under god' not a prayer
SFgate.com -  3/12/10

Streetscape

Treasure Island development slims down
sfexaminer.com -  3/11/10

Schools

List of California's lowest-performing schools released
insidebayarea.com -  3/8/10

SF schools agree to change in assignment policy
sfappeal.com -  3/10/10

UC regents to look at changing policy on fees
SFgate.com -  3/11/10

15 groups spent $1 billion to sway policy
SFgate.com -   3/11/10

Green

Texas oil companies fund measure to repeal California climate law
sf.streetsblog.org -  3/8/10

Economy

Bay Area cities get 1/3 more in sales tax revenue in February
bizjournals.com - 3/11/10

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