Irvine Unified ranks tops in Common Core tests in California
Sept. 21, 2015 Updated 7:16 p.m.
By ROXANA KOPETMAN / STAFF WRITER
IRVINE ? Irvine Unified students came in first in the state in the recently released Common Core math tests and second in the English tests when compared with other large school districts in California.
The Irvine Unified School District had 74 percent of its 31,392 students meeting or exceeding standards in the math test, the highest among districts with at least 25,000 students, according to an Irvine Unified analysis released this week.
In English, 77 percent of the students met or exceeded standards ? the second-highest-ranked district in California. The highest scorer in English among similarly sized districts was San Ramon Valley Unified in Danville, at 81 percent.
?I am incredibly proud of Irvine Unified students? outstanding performance,? Superintendent Terry Walker said in a statement.
The only other Orange County district to rank in the top 10 statewide in either category among the larger districts was Saddleback Valley Unified ? seventh place for both math and English, according to the Irvine Unified review.
The California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress tests were given in grades three through eighth and in 11th grade.
The tests, aligned with the new Common Core curriculum and test for critical thinking, are much tougher than previous exams. More than half of the California students who took the exams failed to meet standards, which measure whether students are on track for college.
Orange County students fared better: 53 percent passed the English test and 45 percent passed the math test.
Irvine Unified also had the highest scores in both math and English among all school districts in Orange County, according to an Orange County Register review of test data.
Sept. 21, 2015 Updated 7:16 p.m.
By ROXANA KOPETMAN / STAFF WRITER
IRVINE ? Irvine Unified students came in first in the state in the recently released Common Core math tests and second in the English tests when compared with other large school districts in California.
The Irvine Unified School District had 74 percent of its 31,392 students meeting or exceeding standards in the math test, the highest among districts with at least 25,000 students, according to an Irvine Unified analysis released this week.
In English, 77 percent of the students met or exceeded standards ? the second-highest-ranked district in California. The highest scorer in English among similarly sized districts was San Ramon Valley Unified in Danville, at 81 percent.
?I am incredibly proud of Irvine Unified students? outstanding performance,? Superintendent Terry Walker said in a statement.
The only other Orange County district to rank in the top 10 statewide in either category among the larger districts was Saddleback Valley Unified ? seventh place for both math and English, according to the Irvine Unified review.
The California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress tests were given in grades three through eighth and in 11th grade.
The tests, aligned with the new Common Core curriculum and test for critical thinking, are much tougher than previous exams. More than half of the California students who took the exams failed to meet standards, which measure whether students are on track for college.
Orange County students fared better: 53 percent passed the English test and 45 percent passed the math test.
Irvine Unified also had the highest scores in both math and English among all school districts in Orange County, according to an Orange County Register review of test data.
