San Rafael middle school reports progress in state test scores

Students at Davidson Middle School in San Rafael boosted their state test scores in English and in math by an average of 10 points this year, the principal said.

“Growth was made by all subgroups,” Michael Stachon told the San Rafael Board of Education at its meeting on Dec. 16. “Some of those were double digits.”

Stachon acknowledged that the students’ scores as a whole were still below the standard for their grade levels, but said they were closer to meeting the standard than they...