The Los Angeles Unified School District school board is considering a resolution that would exclude 346 school campuses serving its most vulnerable student populations from space-sharing arrangements with charter schools.
An English Language Arts class at Ánimo Jefferson Charter Middle School in Los Angeles.
Credit: Green Dot Public Schools
An English Language Arts class at Ánimo Jefferson Charter Middle School in Los Angeles.
Annette Gonzalez
June 9, 2021
There are a few big reasons why students’ report cards are a useful measure of how well they are learning. Their previous report card is one. The next one is another.
But without the context and trajectory provided by three, four or many years of grades in English Language Arts, math and other subjects, a solitary report card is worth little more than the paper it used to be printed on. Only with the full picture can a student’s parents or caregivers judge how well their child is learning and improving.