Asians Score Higher Than Whites in English
August 26, 2008
Attain highest scores in CA Standards Tests
Asian students scored highest in most categories of the California Standards Tests over the past six years, according to new data on the 2008 Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) Program released by the state’s Department of Education.
Out of all ethnicities, Asian and Filipino students showed the greatest improvement — an increase of 14 percentage points — in achieving the proficient level and above since 2003.
Since 2003, Asian students have topped all other races and ethnicities in attaining proficient and advanced status in English-language arts and math; 69 percent of Asian students received that designation in those subjects this year.
In comparison, 64 percent of whites, 62 percent of Filipinos, 33 percent of African Americans and 32 percent of Latinos tested proficient and advanced in English–language arts in 2008. In math, 55 percent of Filipinos, 54 percent of whites, 33 percent of Latinos, 28 percent of blacks scored in that highest level this year.
San Francisco Unified School District elementary schools that have two-thirds or more of their students performing at proficient or above in English-language arts include Clarendon, Alamo, West Portal, Argonne and Alice Fong Yu. In math, over eighty-percent of pupils were at target level or above at John Yehall Chin, Alamo, West Portal and Yick Wo, among other schools.
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No crowing here, please.
Not nice.
OR well-advised.
Scares the hell out of the Erbeses and Christians.
On the other hand, that’s another dandy-looking bunch of up-and-comers pictured.
“Cute” as well.
Sigh.
so much for home court advantage!
Fascinating captain.
Historically, Asians always lag in english, but they’ve been ahead for a few years in England, and there must be a lot of assimilating for this to happen in California so soon. The no-correct-answer format might be more likely to trip up Asian cultures, but evidently the parents must be making them cram for the new style anyways.
As usual, nobody notices if a group is ahead of whites, but the press jumps all over any academic gap for groups below whites, because it is proof of unfair discrimination and racism. If Asians score better, well good for them and start looking around for a place to move to with fewer Asians….
Seems like grandpa’s got something there, to paraphrase, that kind of cherry pickin triumphalism won’t further the cause one iota. Funny enough that includes landing work in China as English instructors!
I am glad that the Asians are better than whites in English. Pretty soon LPGA may force Asian Americans to take English language tests!
this is an interesting topic
but i just don’t understand why the title has to say “higher than whites”
i mean sure, English is the natural language of caucasians, but i think anyone can succeed in English if they live in a society of English speakers or just plain study diligently. why should race matter? are caucasians SUPPOSED to do better than asians because it’s supposedly their natural language? and why does the race have to be “white”? what if the asian student does not know how to speak any other language besides english?
i’m not trying to downplay any achievements that asians (including filipinos) are making. i’m just saying, if we excel at something, let’s be proud of it, but not put anyone else down at the same time
Pissing contests are for six=year-olds.
And that includes awarthur.
Karlo is not only korrect, he’s a gentleman.
As for Erbes, what a morph! Merely sneering and no longer eager to incite pogroms?
Well, ANY improvement or “progress” should always be welcome.
No?