Villaraigosa Transcript 13 06 19
p. 4
Disagreement over dropout rates
Disagreement over dropout rates
Progress compared to other school districts
Progress compared to other school districts
The mayor exaggerating his impact on construction
The mayor exaggerating his impact on construction
Some, not all, of the low-performing schools
Some, not all, of the low-performing schools
p. 5
The mayor says that his schools, if they were a district, would be the most improved district in California last year. They have indeed improved their test scores significantly as a group. But that statistic of "most improved" is substantially a function of how low the scores were to begin with. It’s also true that, despite the improvement, his schools, if they were a district of their own, would be among the lowest-performing in the state.