The board members. without any real experience or special knowledge in this field. accepted the presentation report virtualy without question and without pinpointing the obvious problem with the accuracy of the counts which was 11ow they could be accepted if there was no valid method of identification during these years. It was not until the 197778 school year that a testing program was set up in the district to measure the English proficiency of these students. Closer scrutiny would have also indicated to the board members that all but a very small percentage of the growth was in the count of the LES. not in the NES count where it would be expected because of the large influx of immigrants and refugees into the Los Angeles area. The threeyear growth presented for NES students was from 22.000 to 29.000. about a 30 percent increasea growth rate that seems reasonable. The LES increase. however. was an astounding 108 percent. from 34.000 to 71.000and this increase for some reason was in the last two years of the threeyear period.
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