Calif. tests present sobering picture of student achievement
By Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times
Echoing a nationwide downward trend, most California students are falling short of state learning targets and are not on track to succeed in college, according to the results of new, more rigorous standardized tests released Wednesday.
Across California, 44 percent of students achieved targets for their grade in English, while 34 percent did so in math.
Questions based on the new Common Core standards, which have been adopted in 42 states, are more difficult than those on California’s previous test. And students for the first time took the exam on computers.