Dear Families,
The National Educational Report Card was issued this week, and I wanted to include the findings as well as share them with you our data. The findings are below:
The sobering report released Wednesday from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, sometimes called the Nation’s Report Card, showed that the path to recovery remains far rockier than experts had hoped — especially for students already struggling the most.
The data showed that reading scores, which had fallen dramatically from 2019 to 2022, fell again in 2024, with a record portion of eighth-graders scoring in the lowest category for proficiency. Math scores rose a bit for fourth-graders — a bright spot — but were flat in eighth grade compared to 2022.
The portion of eighth-graders whose scores put them in the lowest of four proficiency categories was the largest in the history of the testing program, and the portion of fourth-graders in that bucket was the largest in 20 years
Chronic absenteeism is part of the problem
The new research tied student attendance to test results and found those chronically absent from school were more likely to score poorly, Carr said. Chronic absenteeism — defined as missing at least 10 percent of school days — significantly spiked during and immediately after the pandemic and has remained elevated.
“There’s a strong relationship between absenteeism and performance in these data,” Carr said. “If students aren’t in school, they can’t learn.”--
Source:Washington Post and the National Assessment of Educational Progress
Cure of Ars Student Data from 2019 to 2024 based on Kansas Assessments
Curé of Ars data continually stays several points above state scores in all grades in both math and ELA. Since the report specifically looked at grades four and eight, I did the same below for us.
Cure of Ars Scores
4th Grade:
ELA from 2019-2024 increased by 4 points for an increase of 1.25%. Our score in 2024 was was 23 points higher than the state and 19 points higher than the diocese.
Math- Math stayed steady in grade 4 with no significant increase or decrease However, it was 30 pts higher than the state in both 2019 and 2024 and 11 points higher than the diocese.
8th Grade:
ELA from 2019-2024 increased by two points or .65% The score is 38 points higher than the state 17 points higher than the diocese.
Math from 2019-2024 increased 24 points or 8.22% This score is 38 points higher than the state and 22 points higher than the diocese
Peace,
Natalie McDonough
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