Shoreline Unified School District trustees trying to reverse a learning gap between Anglo and Latino students were confronted last week with a school report revealing a sliding performance among disadvantaged students.
The largest drop was among English learners, according to the annual report compiled by WestEd, a nonprofit research agency that uses standardized testing and other state and federal criteria to measure academic performance. It uses a point system, ranging from 200 to 1,000, to reflect…