Laguna Beach Students Top 10 In Math, English

LAGUNA BEACH, CA —The standardized test results are back from the 2017-2018 school year, and three districts in Orange County have risen to the top-10 in the state, according to reports. Orange County schools finished higher by average, than other counties across the state.

Scores for the tests are separated into four levels of achievement: standards exceeded, met, nearly met and not met.

Laguna Beach Unified School District students had the highest scores among Orange County districts, with 82-percent meeting or exceeding standards in English and 74-percent meeting or exceeding standards in math according to reports, in a tie with Los Alamitos Unified School District and Irvine Unified School District.

Laguna Beach Unified School District officials stated that the district's scores have risen a total of 6-percent in English and 8-percent in math since 2015.

“This level of academic excellence and growth across four years speaks volumes about the dedication and efforts of our students, teachers and instructional leaders,” said Chad Maberey, district director of assessment and accountability stated, and Laguna Beach Unified Superintendent Jason Viloria told the Daily Pilot that the district has renewed its focus on the importance of developing “meaningful relationships” to continue improving individual students’ scores.

The test scores will make up a key ingredient of the California School Dashboard, a new system for evaluating school performance.

The state Department of Education will use the test results in conjunction with suspension rates, graduation rates, chronic absenteeism figures, college and career readiness data, and other measures to determine if schools and districts are making adequate progress.

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