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SFUSD outlines Common Core algebra validation plan and credits surge in school breakfast participation
Summary
Superintendent Richard Carranza told the board SFUSD administered a CCSS Algebra 1 validation exam to about 700 incoming ninth‑graders and described a multi‑layered scoring and validation process; he also announced districtwide breakfast participation rose from about 9% to nearly 90% and celebrated the district's millionth breakfast.
Superintendent Richard Carranza told the San Francisco Unified School District Board of Education on April 15 that the district administered a Common Core State Standards Algebra 1 validation exam on April 11 to roughly 700 students who will be ninth graders in fall 2015. The three‑site administration at Balboa, Galileo and George Washington high schools began with student check‑in at 8 a.m. and testing at 9 a.m., Carranza said, and most students took two to three hours to complete a seven‑item, open‑ended exam that requires written work and justification.
Carranza said scoring will take place in early May. San Jose State subject‑matter…
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