At MVLA, and in the world of Mountain View education administrators, Sarraf continues to be one of the few straight shooters. She does not flinch from bad news (as the MV Voice has long reported). She is a standard that MVWSD administrators fail repeatedly to meet for the Mountain View elementary feeder middle schools.[exeption - holding MS Principals responsible] That is partially why MVLA, as the receiving district for MVWSDs graduates [particularly Economically Disadvantaged & ELL-Hispanic] cannot close the Academic Achievement Gap (nationally standardized measures: % meeting standard, or as normalized standardized test scores). [FYI- the Common Core tests reported in this article are standardized across the state of California and all of the many states collaborating in the Smarter Balance form of Common Core testing]

With rigorous application of the 20% extra Supplemental Grant funds to Economically Disadvantaged support: supplemental student individual and family support (not - everyone in the District), maybe the needle on the gauge, which Has Been moved for Special Education students, (for Joy) can also be moved for Economically Disadvantaged, ELL-Hispanic students.

A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Waste. How many Hispanic kids, as basically smart as any other demographic, are being wasted due to the inattentions (that means $$) of the MVWSD? How can MV-LA, as a high school district, be expected to make that ALL UP?

(Trustee Jose Gutierrez, Jr. my man - 3 years of no academic progress, GAP widening, what is YOUR Excuse!) [that is known in debate circles, as "Clash" in public policy debate]

Only Money (MVLA is more tightly managed than MVWSD - under Superintendent Groves and Harding, MVLA has not mismanaged the balance of Current Students vs. General Fund RESERVES)

Having a Smarter Balance testing program for 10th graders is ACTUALLY QUITE SIMPLE. It only takes a contract with the testing company to test MVLA students. The Company gives 10th grade Smarter Balance tests in Many Other States. It is really that simple.
It only takes money (money is currently used, for instance, for supplementary testing subsidizing ALL STUDENTS to take the PSAT). PSAT is a collage-going nationally standardized testing program, not required or subsidized by the State.

How many graduate-level educated families South of El Camino really need a government SUBSIDY for PSAT? Not many. Most are Wealthy (residential real estate, investments, IRAs or other retirement funds). All of the Economically Disadvantaged families in MV-LA need a subsidy for PSAT & AP & SAT testing (in my socio-political calculus) Of course - same is true for North of El Camino - there is just a less obvious school-family Wealth issue.

"PSAT is a collage-going"
"Collage", really, in a text about education?