Immigration is the reason. Our top students do just as well
if not better than students from other states. California
has the most immigrints from poor countries than any other
state. It takes years for a stundent eith little formal
education, whose parents have little formal education to catch
up. California will nfver outperform Connecticut. Apples and
oranges. Not all groups of immigrints perform poorly. Look
at the test scores of recent Korean immigrints whose parents
usually have some form of formal education if not college

On 10/15/09, wondering wrote:
> I am hearing a lot of chatter, on radio, tv, and newspapers
> that CA schools are just above Mississippi and Alabama in
> how students are doing on tests. I'd like to know why that
> is. I have my own ideas, but it would be good to hear from
> people that are in the field, not talking heads,
> politicians with an agenda, and disgruntled parents.
>
> Just how did CA go from being innovative and at the top in
> public education to where we are now?

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