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SFUSD presents 2017–18 accountability data; officials flag persistent achievement gaps and rising chronic absenteeism
Summary
SFUSD staff presented the district’s 2017–18 accountability metrics on Oct. 9, 2018, reporting modest district-level gains in proficiency but persistent gaps for African American students and a rise in chronic absenteeism among Black students that prompted board concern and calls for early-warning and attendance interventions.
At its Oct. 9 meeting the San Francisco Unified School District presented its annual summary of accountability metrics for the 2017–18 school year, highlighting three-year trends in SBAC English language arts and math, high-school-readiness indicators, cohort graduation rates, EL redesignation, school-culture climate and social-emotional learning results.
Ritu Khanna, chief of Research, Planning and Assessment, said the district’s aggregate SBAC proficiency rates have edged into the mid-50s for ELA over three years and held…
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