The governor promises to target money next year for the lowest performing student group.
Weber said she withdrew the bill after lengthy negotiations with the Newsom staffers. Both she and the Newsom administration were upbeat but circumspect in statements in which they agreed to work together on a commonly held goal.
In a statement released Friday, a coalition of civil rights and education leaders expressed disappointment that the bill did not move forward. Alluding to Prop.
In 2018-19, the last year before the pandemic, only 33% of Black students met or exceeded English language arts standards, and only 21% met or exceeded math standards on the state tests, compared with 51% in English language arts and 40% in math for all students in California. Proportionally, twice as many white students passed the tests, and the gap was widest with Asian students; 79% of Asians met or exceeded standards in English language arts and 77% did so in math.
Fortune said that issues of race and poverty are often conflated. “Something in the achievement gap is not just about poverty,” she said. “Something more is at play.”
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