Louisiana: High school test scores on the decline

Aug 9, 2017, The New Orleans Advocate: Progress stalls for New Orleans public high school test results http://www.theadvocate.com/new_orleans/news/education/article_a4e466e2-7d49-11e7-80f9-9b10b4030414.html State officials released fresh evidence Wednesday that efforts to lift results at public schools in New Orleans have stalled, with high school test scores level or lower this year compared with last. The average score on the ACT, an important gauge of college readiness, remained at 18.9 on a 36-point scale for the second year in a row…. The percentage of high school students scoring “good” or “excellent” on Louisiana’s end-of-course exams, which measure progress in specific subjects, actually declined sharply in New Orleans, falling to 52 percent from 58 percent. The state average also slipped, down to 61 percent from 62 percent.