At the June Governing Board meeting, the Board received the year-end update on progress toward achieving Academic Goal #3 and interim goals 3.1 and 3.2

Seventh Grade AASA ELA Proficiency

Academic Goal #3

The percent of seventh-grade students who score at Proficiency or higher on AASA ELA will increase from 22% on Aug. 2023 to 45% by Aug. 2028.

Data is trending away from the goal and is off track.

Seventh-grade ELA made a significant improvement on AASA from 24.2% in 2024 to 27.6% in 2025. The Student Growth Percentile in 7th grade was also a relative strength at 54.71. Still, 7th-grade ELA was below last year’s goal of 30% and finished this year at 26.1%, 9 points off the 35% goal.

Interim Goal #3.1

The percentage of students performing at Proficiency or Higher on the fifth-grade STAR Reading Assessment will increase from 21.9% to 30% by May 2026.

This interim goal was not met.

At the start of the school year, fifth-grade students were performing at 25.3% proficiency on the assessment. At the time of the December benchmark testing, they were performing at 24.9% proficiency. They achieved only 23.6% proficiency on May's test and did not meet the 30% goal.

Interim Goal #3.2

The percentage of students performing at minimally proficient on the fifth-grade STAR Reading Assessment will decrease from 59.5% to 45% by May 2026.

This interim goal was not met.

At the start of the school year, fifth-grade students were performing at 59.9% minimal proficiency on the assessment. At the time of the January benchmark testing, they showed improvement to 58.7% minimal proficiency. While encouraging, 59.4% performed at a minimally proficient level on May's assessment and did not meet the 45% goal.

The black arrow indicates our interim goal of reducing minimally proficient students to below the black dotted line, and the teal arrow indicates increasing proficient students to above the teal dotted line.