Encinitas Students on Par with State on Fluency Test Scores

Encinitas Union School District students who are classified as English learners performed on par with the state average in standardized tests to determine fluency, the California Department of Education announced Wednesday.

Those scores lagged slightly behind the regional averages, but bested the scores from the San Diego Unified School Distrit, which is the largest in the county and second biggest in the state.

Here's how the scores break down this year:

“We want every English learner to become proficient while making progress in all academic subjects,” said Tom Torlakson, the state superintendent of public instruction. “These results show our students are making important strides toward English language fluency, which will help them tremendously as they work toward their educational goals.”

The state goal is for students to be advanced or early advanced overall, with no less than an intermediate score in one of the individual testing areas—listening, speaking, reading and writing. The test is one of four criteria set out by the state to determine fluency.

These most recent test scores are the highest Encinitas Union School District has seen in recent years—and in fact, this is a 6 percent jump from last year's results. Below is a breakdown of the past five years:

If you would like to review a complete list of test results, the California Department of Education allows you do so online. You can search for test scores by region, district or even school campus.

-City News Service contributed to this story