Photos: California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress test results

Hector Gray, 9, left, Rachel Asuncion, 10, middle, and Malcolm Rose, 10, right, in class at the gifted magnet program at Eagle Rock Elementary School in Los Angeles.

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Aug. 24, 2016 2:32 PM PT

California students scored better on this year’s state tests — but fewer than half met college readiness goals, according to results of the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress announced Wednesday by State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson at a school in Eagle Rock.

Beatrice Wild, 10, left, and Amy Carrola, 10, smile and laugh while participating in class in the fifth grade gifted magnet program at Eagle Rock Elementary School in Los Angeles.

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Teacher Alicia Stanco works with fifth-grade gifted magnet students Misch Goretz, 9, left, Owen Hament, 10, and Ranya Theba, right, in class in the gifted magnet program at Eagle Rock Elementary School in Los Angeles.

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Amy Carrola, 10, is a fifth-grader in the gifted magnet program at Eagle Rock Elementary School in Los Angeles.

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Alani Rey, 10, in class in her fifth-grade gifted magnet program at Eagle Rock Elementary School in Los Angeles.

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Beatrice Wild, 10, left, Kiyan Vahedi, 10, and Amy Carrola, 10, right, work together in class in the fifth-grade gifted magnet program at Eagle Rock Elementary School in Los Angeles.

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Students work on computers during their accounting class at Downtown Magnets High School in Los Angeles.

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Students do classwork at Downtown Magnets High School in Los Angeles.

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Teacher Viviane Barrios instructs her class at Downtown Magnets High School in Los Angeles.

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