At the December Governing Board meeting, the Board received an update on progress toward achieving Academic Goal #2 and interim goals 2.1 and 2.2.
Fifth Grade AASA Math Proficiency
Academic Goal #2
The percent of fifth-grade students who score at Proficiency or higher on AASA Math will increase from 11% in Aug. 2023 to 45% by Aug. 2028.
This goal is trending correctly, but off track.
Fifth graders showed a modest increase in proficiency from the previous fifth-grade cohort on AASA Math. This goal is still off-track according to AASA and Star Math results, even with slight improvements in math proficiency in grades 3-5.
Fifth Grade STAR Math Proficiency
October 2025 Benchmark Assessment By School
School | Students | Minimally Proficient | Partially Proficient | Proficient | Highly Proficient | Combined Proficiency | Percent Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bernard Black | 63 | 61.9% | 17.5% | 14.3% | 6.3% | 20.6% | ↑ 3.0% |
C.O. Greenfield | 95 | 67.4% | 13.7% | 12.6% | 6.3% | 18.9% | ↓ 5.8% |
C.E. Chavez | 61 | 68.9% | 19.7% | 9.8% | 1.6% | 11.4% | ↓ 5.8% |
C.C. Campbell | 53 | 49.1% | 20.8% | 13.2% | 17.0% | 30.2% | ↓ 4.3% |
E.V. Pastor | 70 | 57.1% | 24.3% | 11.4% | 7.1% | 18.5% | ↓ 1.5% |
Ignacio Conchos | 54 | 61.1% | 14.8% | 13.0% | 11.1% | 24.1% | ↑ 2.5% |
Irene Lopez | 48 | 79.2% | 12.5% | 6.3% | 2.1% | 8.4% | ↓ 4.6% |
P.L. Julian | 43 | 44.2% | 16.3% | 30.2% | 9.3% | 39.5% | ↑ 5.4% |
Southwest | 49 | 57.1% | 26.5% | 10.2% | 6.1% | 16.3% | ↑ 3.6% |
Sunland | 126 | 61.1% | 17.5% | 15.9% | 5.6% | 21.5% | ↓ 0.7% |
T.G. Barr | 28 | 57.1% | 25.0% | 10.7% | 7.1% | 17.8% | ↓ 2.9% |
Valley View | 56 | 28.6% | 28.6% | 28.6% | 14.3% | 42.9% | ↑ 2.9% |
District | 740 | 58.7% | 19.2% | 14.6% | 7.5% | 22.1% | ↓ 1.3% |
Third Grade STAR Math Proficiency
Interim Goal #2.1
The percentage of students performing at Proficiency or Higher on the third-grade STAR Math Assessment will increase from 29.8% to 36% by May 2026.
This interim goal is trending correctly, but off track.
At the start of the school year, third-grade students were performing at 24.5% proficiency on the assessment. At the time of the October benchmark testing, they were performing at 25.2% proficiency. While encouraging, they are not currently expected to achieve the 36% goal set for May 2026.
Interim Goal #2.2
The percentage of students performing at minimally proficient on the third-grade STAR Math Assessment will decrease from 48.8% to 40% by May 2026.
This interim goal is trending correctly, but off track.
At the start of the school year, third-grade students were performing at 55.3% minimal proficiency on the assessment. At the time of the October benchmark testing, they showed improvement to 53.7% minimal proficiency. While encouraging, they are not currently expected to achieve the 40% goal set for May 2026.
The teal arrow indicates our interim goal of reducing minimally proficient students to below the teal dotted line, and the black arrow indicates increasing proficient students to above the black dotted line.
Key Inputs
Consistently applying these key inputs is linked to improved student performance, while inconsistent application leads to slower or stagnant progress.
To help every school advance, the District Office is adopting a strategy of providing differentiated attention and support based on each school's proficiency outcomes and implementation level.
This approach ensures that resources, coaching, and guidance are focused where they are most needed to facilitate sustained improvement across the entire district.
The inputs in bold indicate strategies that we have recently implemented or are planning to implement in response to our data and support the additional ongoing tactics.
Curriculum and Instruction
District pacing guides and unit plans
IXL – Used to target specific essential standards not mastered during intervention blocks for individual students or groups of students
Use of DnA platform for the development of aligned exit tickets
Adjustments to pacing guides to strategically incorporate reteach days during the units.
Instructional Support
Clear and explicit protocols for Weekly Planning Meetings and Weekly Data Meetings
Monthly Instructional Coach PLC focusing on the effective implementation of weekly planning and data meetings at the site level
Monitoring and Evaluation
Weekly Learning Walks aligned to monitor key inputs
Weekly District Instructional Leadership Team meetings to monitor and evaluate inputs and outputs
Monthly Principal + IC Data Meetings
Weekly Data Meeting Trackers