k-12 Education
Better Louisiana supports a strong school accountability system, rigorous K-12 academic standards and a focus on early literacy and math, while building upon a wide array of education choices for students and parents.
Our Recommendations:
- Strengthen the focus on early literacy and math as the foundations for long-term academic success.
- Monitor Louisiana’s school and district accountability system to ensure it is transparent for parents and taxpayers, reflective of true school performance, and a strong catalyst to prepare students for college and career training.
- Increase access to opportunities for all students to have work-based learning experiences and earn postsecondary credit and credentials while still in high school.
- Strengthen efforts to recruit qualified educators into the teaching profession and retain them.
- Develop strategies to address chronic truancy and absenteeism which threaten the futures of thousands of Louisiana children.
- Continue to offer a wide array of school choice options while providing appropriate accountability and oversight.
In Louisiana
29.5%
of children are reading on level when they enter kindergarten
Of students in grades 3-8, on average
34%
perform at the level of “Mastery” across all major subjects
Of Louisiana students who graduate from high school
74%
have earned college credit or an industry credential of value
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