Academic Goal #2 Progress Monitoring Report Mid-Year Check

At the January Governing Board meeting, the Board received an update on progress toward achieving 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.

Third Grade STAR Math Proficiency

December 2025 Benchmark Assessment By School

School

Students

Minimally Proficient

Partially Proficient

Proficient

Highly Proficient

Combined Proficiency

Percent Change

Bernard Black

63

56.1 %

↓ 12.3 %

19.3 %

24.5 %

↑ 10.4 %

63

C.O. Greenfield

95

46.5 %

↓ 7.2 %

16.3 %

37.2 %

↑ 5.4 %

95

C.E. Chavez

61

51.7 %

↓ 14.4 %

16.7 %

31.7 %

↑ 14.7 %

61

C.C. Campbell

53

41.4 %

2.5 %

22.4 %

36.2 %

↑ 2.8 %

53

E.V. Pastor

70

57.1 %

6.3 %

23.2 %

19.6 %

↑ 0.9 %

70

Ignacio Conchos

54

52 %

3 %

32 %

16 %

4.4 %

54

Irene Lopez

48

46.2 %

1.9 %

28.6 %

25.3 %

4.3 %

48

P.L. Julian

43

41.8 %

↓ 14.2 %

23.6 %

34.5 %

↑ 8.5 %

43

Southwest

49

42.9 %

↓ 9.9 %

19 %

38.1 %

↑ 10.3 %

49

Sunland

126

65.9 %

↓ 3.8 %

19.3 %

14.7 %

3.3 %

126

T.G. Barr

28

63.3 %

9.5 %

16.7 %

20 %

6.9 %

28

Valley View

56

50.8 %

↓ 2.1 %

29.2 %

20 %

13.8 %

56

District

740

51.5 %

↓ 3.8 %

22.7 %

25.8 %

↑ 1.4 %

740

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 December benchmark testing, they were performing at 25.8% 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 December benchmark testing, they showed improvement to 51.5% minimal proficiency. While encouraging, they are not currently expected to achieve the 40% goal set for May 2026.

A graph showing STAR Math proficiency levels for 3rd Grade students in August, October and December of the 2025-26 school year

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