Students in the Irvine Unified School District have once again posted high marks while continuing the trend of steady gains on tests administered through the state’s Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) program. Individual scores from this year’s California Standards Tests (CSTs), which measure student knowledge of the state’s rigorous content standards in grades two through 11, are set to be mailed out to parents later this month. For more information on the district’s performance in 2008, as well as a five-year look at IUSD’s progress, Click Here
Old-fashioned letter writing is making a comeback among a group of elementary students whose teachers met as pen-pals almost 20 years ago. Steve Hartman reports for “Assignment America.” Click Here for the full report.
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