SFUSD seeks delay on accountability deadline

San Francisco Unified School District is asking California to push back deadlines on its reading and math goals after recent results moved away from the targets. (sfstandard.com) The district’s goals call for third-grade reading proficiency to rise from 52% in October 2022 to 70% by October 2027, and eighth-grade math proficiency to rise from 42% to 65% by October 2027. A September 30, 2025 district progress report said third-grade reading fell from 48.8% to 47.4% in spring 2025, while eighth-grade math improved by about 1 percentage point. (go.boarddocs.com) A March 24, 2026 board report on math said the district’s progress toward its eighth-grade goal had “remained flat” in the 2025-26 school year. It showed overall eighth-grade proficiency edging from 43.6% in the fall to 44% in the winter, with none of three interim goals meeting their targets. (go.boarddocs.com) The deadlines sit inside California’s Local Control and Accountability Plan, a three-year document every district uses to set goals, spending and measures for student outcomes. The California Department of Education says districts must post the plan on their websites after board approval, using a state template adopted by the State Board of Education. (cde.ca.gov) San Francisco Unified serves about 50,000 students across 122 schools and is the seventh-largest public school district in California. Its 2025-26 Local Control and Accountability Plan draft says the district is led by Superintendent Maria Su and governed by a seven-member elected Board of Education. (api.mycdeconnect.org) (go.boarddocs.com) The district has been telling families and the board that literacy and math remain its central academic targets. A February 10, 2026 mid-year report said community input for the 2026-27 plan would be gathered that spring, and a district announcement on March 17 said middle school schedule changes for 2026-27 would increase instructional time in English language arts and mathematics. (go.boarddocs.com) (sfusd.edu) San Francisco Unified has also been changing its math strategy. The district rolled out a new kindergarten-through-eighth-grade math curriculum for 2025-26, and the board approved a revised math placement policy on March 24 that will offer Algebra I at all middle and kindergarten-through-eighth-grade schools in 2026-27. (sfusd.edu 1) (sfusd.edu 2) The district’s own 2024 testing release had pointed to stronger overall results than the state, with 54% of students proficient in English language arts and 46% proficient in math on the 2023-24 Smarter Balanced tests. The newer district reports focus on the narrower board goals for third grade reading and eighth grade math, where progress has been slower. (sfusd.edu) (go.boarddocs.com) The next formal step is the district’s 2026-27 Local Control and Accountability Plan process, which its January 2026 mid-year slides said would come to the board for a first reading on June 9, 2026. That is where San Francisco Unified’s request for more time is likely to land in public view. (go.boarddocs.com)