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California’s STAR Test Results – Growing English Learner Achievement Gap

October 6, 2007 by Claudia Vizcarra

California’s 2007 STAR test results again show no significant improvement. According to State Superintendent Jack O’Connell, for the past five consecutive years, the achievement gap for California’s majority minority students, Latinos and African Americans, has reached an alarming point of “social disparity”. Superintendent O’Connell’s announcement fails to mention the lack of progress made for one of California’s greatest challenge — educating its 1.6 million English Learners.
California’s STAR 2007 Test Results – Achievement Gap

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