Recent letters to the editor have played fast and loose with data to claim that incumbent Santa Barbara County Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Susan Salcido, is failing. However, a more holistic view of the data suggests otherwise.
When Susan became the superintendent in 2017, she inherited below-average “meeting or exceeding standard” test scores :
· 2017 Math: SB County = 33.65% vs. Statewide = 37.56%