STAR Test scores and percentage increases for Selected Districts

Entire State of California

All Students							Limited English (LEP)
	Read	Math	Lang	Spell	Overall		Read	Math	Lang	Spell	Overall
1998	39.6	42.6	42.8	38.0	40.8		15.6	23.6	20.8	18.0	19.5
1999	42.2	48.0	46.0	41.6	44.4		18.4	28.6	24.0	21.8	23.2
Gain	7%	13%	7%	9%	9%		18%	21%	15%	21%	19%

Los Angeles Unified School Districts

All Students							Limited English (LEP)
	Read	Math	Lang	Spell	Overall		Read	Math	Lang	Spell	Overall
1998	24.0	29.4	28.8	26.0	27.1		13.4	20.8	17.8	14.8	16.7
1999	25.8	33.2	30.4	28.2	29.4		14.6	24.0	19.2	17.0	18.7
Gain	8%	13%	6%	8%	8%		9%	15%	8%	15%	12%

Oceanside U.S.D. (strictest application of Prop. 227 in state)

All Students							Limited English (LEP)
	Read	Math	Lang	Spell	Overall		Read	Math	Lang	Spell	Overall
1998	35.4	38.0	39.0	35.2	36.9		8.8	13.6	12.8	10.2	11.4
1999	41.0	47.0	44.2	42.0	43.6		12.6	21.4	16.4	16.2	16.7
Gain	16%	24%	13%	19%	18%		43%	57%	28%	59%	47%

San Jose U.S.D. (only school district in state legally exempted from Prop. 227)

All Students							Limited English (LEP)
	Read	Math	Lang	Spell	Overall		Read	Math	Lang	Spell	Overall
1998	43.0	41.6	43.8	38.4	41.7		15.0	20.0	19.2	15.0	17.3
1999	44.4	47.6	47.8	41.6	45.4		15.6	23.4	20.4	16.6	19.0
Gain	3%	14%	9%	8%	9%		4%	17%	6%	11%	10%

Santa Barbara E.S.D. (strongly shifted over to Prop. 227 English Immersion)

All Students							Limited English (LEP)
	Read	Math	Lang	Spell	Overall		Read	Math	Lang	Spell	Overall
1998	40.4	42.4	42.6	34.8	40.1		16.4	23.2	22.4	16.6	19.7
1999	44.8	50.2	45.6	40.4	45.3		21.2	31.8	26.6	22.6	25.6
Gain	11%	18%	7%	16%	13%		29%	37%	19%	36%	30%

COMPARISON

Results of class-size reduction program, results after 3 years and$4 billion

, given as % of students at national 50 percentile (RAND Study, source: Los Angeles Times, 6/23/99)