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Today the California Department of Education (CDE) released the 2023-2024 data from the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) and English Language Proficiency Assessment for California (ELPAC). California public school students are showing measurable improvement in standardized testing post-COVID-19, a sign that collaboration between educators, families and our school communities is helping students meet or exceed standards in English Language Arts, mathematics and science.
Compared with 2022-23, mathematics scores increased across all grades, grade six ELA increased by 3.4 percent in the average scale score compared to 2022-23 and grade eight mathematics increased by 6.2 percent.
Numbers were also encouraging for our marginalized and at-risk student populations. Black and Hispanic students showed positive score trends in mathematics across all grades, the percentage of socioeconomically disadvantaged students meeting or exceeding standards rose, and foster youth scores increased in ELA and science at numerous grade levels.
Fallbrook Union Elementary, Santa Maria Joint Union High School, Benicia, Compton and Los Angeles Unified School Districts were each recognized today by CDE for their unique strategies to achieve large gains across multiple groups. These efforts are commendable and I extend my sincerest congratulations to the educators in these districts.
While the statewide trends are encouraging, we recognize that there is still a lot of work to do. The data improvements haven’t crossed the pre-COVID-19 threshold, which will be the next step in the continuous improvement process for California public school students.
To read the Summary Document:
https://content.acsa.org/2024-25-final-state-budget-summary/
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