Academic Assessment Finds San Francisco Students’ Grades Don’t Reflect Proficiency

Only 3 percent of elementary school students in San Francisco schools meet grade level standards, according to assessments conducted by a nonprofit academy. The school which performed the testing was Bertrand D. Hsu American and Chinese Bicultural Academy, a bi-cultural, nonprofit for grades K–8 that operates year-round in Potrero Hill, San Francisco. Last month, the school began offering academic assessments in math and English vocabulary and language arts for third through sixth grade for any students in the area as a free public service. Over the past month and a half, the school conducted four assessment sessions with 31 students who attended 17 schools across San Francisco—most of whom came from San Francisco Unified, according to a Nov. 14 press release by the school....