According to detailed analysis in a report by Lindsey Burke for the Friedman Foundation [1], only 40 % of 4th graders
test at grade level in math, a number that drops to 35 % in the 8th grade.
Now, their help and training is needed more than ever as teachers make the radical shifts in instruction set by the Common Core State Standards, the new academic guidelines for what students should
know at each grade level in math and English Language Arts.
At River View — and a similar school that serves K — 6 grades called Summer Heights — more students are now
achieving at grade level in math and at a proficient or advanced level in reading than was the case before these schools rolled out a schoolwide intervention.
Less than one - third are reading and writing at grade level, and barely more than one - third are
performing at grade level in math, according to results on California's standardized tests.
Between a third and 44 percent of students in California and 16 other states taking the same test next spring on the Common Core standards are expected to
score at grade level in math and reading, according to projections released Monday by the creator of the states» tests.
Among secondary - school students, 40 percent were
at grade level in math, up 13 points.
Thirteen percent of its first incoming class of sixth graders were
at grade level in math and just 10 percent were at grade level in English.
Across the district, fewer than 20 percent of students could read at grade level and only 30 percent were
at grade level in math.
African American students make up 8 % of all students in SFUSD.Only 12 % of African American students in SFUSD are
at grade level in math.
Only 21 % of Latino students in SFUSD are
at grade level in math.
Last year, 20th Street Elementary test scores had only 19 percent of the students at grade level in English, and only 20 percent were
at grade level in math.
In urban school districts nationwide, on average just one in four 10 - year - olds is proficient in reading, and one in four 13 - year - olds is
at grade level in math.