On the English language arts portion of the test, 80 percent of students at
gifted magnets met or exceeded standards.
In math, 68 percent of students at
gifted magnets met or exceeded standards.
Not exact matches
Even after you take out
gifted magnet programs where students have to
meet academic admissions requirements, students at LA Unified's
magnet schools outperformed their peers at independent charter schools, an LA School Report analysis of district data found.
LA School Report took the district's analysis and separated the 44
magnet programs or schools where students have to
meet minimum academic requirements, known as
gifted or highly
gifted magnets.
In the recent Smater Balanced statewide tests,
magnets outperformed the district's independent charter schools in nearly every major category, although the demographics of
magnets vs. independent charters do not match up evenly, and some
magnet schools are for highly -
gifted students, which requires them to
meet certain academic criteria for enrollment.