Kathryn Baron
Kathryn Baron is a former EdSource reporter who covered colleges, deeper learning and accountability issues.
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Academic Performance Index declines for the first time in a decade
For nine of the last 10 years, scores on California’s standardized tests steadily rose, indicating the testing system did what it was supposed to do and raised student achievement. That streak ended and exposed an ongoing achievement gap with Thursday’s release of the 2013 Academic Performance Index, or API.