Stanford 9 test scores online Foshay Learning Center

Foshay Boosts Stanford 9 Test Scores FOSHAY LEARNING CENTER HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS have posted some of the best scores for their grade level among Title 1 schools in Los Angeles on this spring's Stanford 9 tests, improving their performance from last year. Foshay students in the 9th, 10th and 11th grades made moderate gains, mostly four or five percentage points over last year's scores in reading and math. In addition, the same grades scored above district averages in reading and about even or slightly above in math. Stanford 9 scores reflect subjects tested at each grade level: reading, written expression, mathematics, spelling, for grades 2 through 8; reading, writing, mathematics, science, social science, for grades 9 through 11. The results reflect the scores of all English-speaking students and all students who come from other language backgrounds as well as the scores of limited-English-proficient (LEP) students. Since 1994, Foshay Learning Center has been operating under the Urban Learning Centers model, a comprehensive design for school reform that initiaties a continuous improvement process in three component areas of teaching and learning, governance and management and learning supports that strive to overcome student and family barriers to learning. "Foshay's teachers have had a consistent focus on literacy this year and it's paying off," said Greta Pruitt, Urban Learning Centers Director. "Students who remain at Foshay and commit to its more rigorous high school program are showing they can do the academic work required for college and careers. Their teachers and students, while never fully satisfied, can be proud." Officials in the Los Angeles Unified School District, the state's largest, were enthusiastic about gains of 3 to 4 points made by English-speaking students in reading districtwide, which they said reflected improved teaching. But nearly half the district's 700,000 students are not fluent in English, and those students made only tiny gains, which kept overall scores in the bottom quarter nationally. Title 1 is a program funded by the federal government to give students extra help in the basic skills. A school district determines its specific programs based on student needs. Results for all grades, schools and districts in all categories are available on the Internet at a state Web site at http://www.cde.ca.gov.