This data is critical for understanding how schools are doing, where students are learning the most and what the largest school district in the state can do to help the students it serves catch up when they have fallen behind.
Consider those students who start the year behind their grade level. A school that helps them get closer to, or reach, grade level will receive a good score for student growth. The scores also reflect a school’s failure to improve students who begin at or above grade level.
In an opinion piece for EdSource, DQC Executive Vice President Paige Kowalski and Parent Revolution Executive Director Seth Litt write about a Los Angeles United School Board resolution that “would block growth data from being shared with Los Angeles Unified families advanced through committee last week and is headed toward a full vote in November.” Kowalski and Litt note that releasing this information will give families the information they need to make good decisions about their future.
