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SFUSD presents modest CST gains, but achievement gaps and AYP status remain
Summary
District officials showed multi‑year gains on California Standards Tests and a large jump in family survey responses, but acknowledged the district remains a Program Improvement (PI) district with persistent gaps for African American and Latino students. Staff promised school‑by‑school and subgroup data follow-ups.
Superintendent Garcia and Dr. Ritu Khanna, the district's executive director for research, presented five‑year trends in the California Standards Test (CST) and the results of a newly expanded satisfaction survey.
Khanna told the Board the district saw overall increases in proficiency rates and student movement between bands. She reported an increase in English language arts proficiency and a 3.5 percentage‑point districtwide gain this year. In math, Khanna said proficiency (grades 2–7) reached about 62.2 percent and that participation in eighth‑grade algebra rose from roughly 40 percent five years ago to 65 percent today.
Khanna said some historically lower‑performing groups showed larger year‑to‑year gains:…
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