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RSU 5 scorecard: reading gains at elementary level, a middle-school math dip and a 98.8% graduation rate
Summary
Assistant Superintendent Cynthia Alexander presented the district scorecard showing steady reading improvements in early grades, a drop in math performance from grade 6 to 7, strong SAT results compared with state and national averages, and a 98.8% on-time graduation rate for the most recent cohort.
Assistant Superintendent Cynthia Alexander presented the district scorecard and data summary to the RSU 5 board, reporting gains in elementary reading, concerns about a middle-school math drop, and continued high graduation and SAT benchmark performance.
Alexander walked the board through multiple assessment systems used by the district: local benchmarks for K–5 literacy, the state’s Maine Through-Year (adaptive) assessment for grades 3–8 and grade 10, and the Meridian science assessment for grades 5, 8 and 11. She emphasized that different assessments measure different constructs and are not directly comparable.
On elementary reading, Alexander highlighted cohort progress across grades 2–5 and said some schools are showing…
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