Truckee High showcases new Carnegie math rollout and equity gaps in fall term data

Truckee High School administrators and teachers told the Tahoe Truckee Unified School District board on March 5 that the school’s first term using the Carnegie math curriculum produced improved overall proficiency but persistent disparities for Hispanic students.

Principal John Neuberger opened the presentation and introduced Scott Delgado, the school’s college and career readiness counselor, who reviewed fall-term enrollment and proficiency figures. Delgado said 65 students took the new Introduction to Integrated Math course and “72.31 percent of the students showed proficiency in term 1 and then 55.38 in term 2.” He added: “85.71 percent of our students who received a D or an F in term 2 were Hispanic students, which is roughly, 12% above the population of the class.”

The presen…