Results from last spring's Stanford 9 testing show that the Los Angeles Unified School District's scores have increased across all grade levels (2-11) in all test-required subjects, except in grades 10 and 11 in selected subjects where the scores remained the same as the previous year.

Overall, the district bumped its average up three percentile points to 34, a modest acceleration of the two-point gains in each of the previous two years. Officials believe the rise in scores is the result of intense concentration on primary-grade reading. The biggest gains were those by second-graders in reading, who posted a six-point gain in the subject, and third-graders, who improved by five points.

All elementary grades had large improvements in spelling, with the second and third grades each scoring seven-point gains to reach the 39th percentile. Stanford 9 scores for every public school in the state are due to be released July 17.

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