State and local education leaders highlighted gains in math and reading test scores in the San Diego Unified School District on Friday. While the district saw modest increases overall, leaders are celebrating notable gains made by Hispanic and Latino students. By the numbersThe California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress, or CAASPP, measures students’ skills in English and math. That’s more than triple the districtwide gain in English scores for Hispanic students. “They're demonstrating what our students should be learning all while they're trying to overcome very difficult circumstances.”Why it mattersNearly half of San Diego Unified’s students are Hispanic or Latino, according to California Department of Education data .