PRESS RELEASES

Concerned parents and community groups throughout California filed suit in San Francisco Superior Court today challenging State Superintendent Jack O’Connell’s decision to suspend monitoring of specialized education programs for Homeless, Neglected, Juvenile Justice, Migrant, English learners, and other disadvantaged youth […]

State School Superintendent Jack O’Connell again fails to recognize the lack of academic progress for 25% of California’s students. For the sixth consecutive year, he offers no solutions to address or improve student performance. School Districts across the state will […]

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 […]

For the fifth consecutive year, the persistent achievement gap continues to hurt English learners and haunt the California Department of Education. Persistent Achievement Gap Widens

On August 5, 2005 United States District Court Judge William Alsup granted plaintiffs’ motion to remand the No Child Left Behind English Learner assessment litigation back to State Superior Court in San Francisco. Plaintiffs, including a broad coalition of school […]

The release of the 2004-2005 Achievement Test scores reveals a widening gap between English learners and English-only students that has grown every year since the first administration of the exams. California’s STAR 2005 Test Results