Coventry officials review 2023–24 test scores; district shows small districtwide gains, science growth strongest

Coventry Public Schools officials presented the district’s 2023–24 state accountability results to the school committee on Jan. 9, reporting modest overall gains in proficiency and sharper improvements in science while warning that growth varied by school and subgroup.

Assistant Superintendent Anzalone, who led the presentation with district staff, said the district’s overall English language arts proficiency was 45.1% for the year and described the change as incremental. “Our current progress after these scores in the 23, 24 is 45.1% proficient,” she said. Officials highlighted a roughly 6.8% districtwide gain in science and singled out middle-school science as the area with the largest year-to-year improvement.

The report explained how the state accountability system assigns star ratings based on multiple measures — school quality and success, English-language proficiency, and achievement and growth — and then assigns each school the lowest of its component ratings. Presenters stressed that Coventry’s composite ratings are rooted heavily in achievement and growth measures, which combine many weighted indicators in a…