"The Los Angeles school district is falling short of meeting school board-approved academic goals set four years ago, but students continue to improve faster on key academic measurements than the state as a whole, based on data released Tuesday. The presentation to the Board of Education during a five-hour meeting kicks off a deeper evaluation as leaders prepare the district's next strategic plan, which would take affect in July."
""Have we reached everything we promised we would reach?" Supt. Alberto Carvalho said in opening remarks. "Absolutely not. And what you will see, whether it's in a private sector or public sector, no one ever reaches all of the goals that are designed." Otherwise, he said, the goals are not ambitious enough. Several options for lowering targets in the next strategic plan were presented to the board by senior staff and consultants."
The Los Angeles school district is not meeting most school board-approved academic goals set four years ago, although students have improved faster than the state on key measures. A five-hour Board of Education presentation began a deeper evaluation to inform a new strategic plan scheduled for July. District measures show likely shortfalls across literacy, math and social-emotional learning, despite recovering from pandemic setbacks and surpassing 2018-19 test achievement levels in 2025. Senior staff proposed options to lower future targets. Gov. Gavin Newsom praised progress, and Superintendent Alberto Carvalho acknowledged unfinished goals while calling current targets insufficiently ambitious.
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