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Edmonds School District posts modest gains on 2025 state assessments; participation improves to 95%
Summary
The district's 2025 Smarter Balanced (ELA/math) and Washington Comprehensive Assessment of Science results show participation gains and grade-level improvements in several cohorts, while persistent achievement gaps remain for multilingual learners and students in targeted programs.
Edmonds School District staff presented 2025 Smarter Balanced Assessment (SBA) results for English language arts and math and Washington Comprehensive Assessment of Science (WCAS) results at the Oct. 14 board meeting, reporting higher participation and modest but notable gains in some grades.
District assessment lead Allison (Lisonbee) Schaubour told the board that participation rose by roughly three percentage points to approximately 95% overall, with science participation improving markedly. She said the district outperformed Washington state by about 4 percentage points in ELA and by about 3 points in math. The district saw notable year-to-year gains in grades 8 and 10: grade 8 ELA and math both rose by 7 percentage points, and…
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