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California test scores show improvements from last year, with LAUSD and Compton showing particularly strong progress.

Statewide, 48.8% of students scored advanced or proficient in English and 37.3% in math.

Gov. Newsom signed legislation mandating increased phonics instruction for early readers.

California student test scores remain lower than before the pandemic, but are trending upward, with the Compton and L.A. school districts among those with especially strong growth and results that have surpassed pre-pandemic levels.

Against this backdrop of progress, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday signed legislation mandating that phonics must be emphasized when teaching the state’s youn

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