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District 196 reports higher ACT performance but racial gaps persist under new CACR measures
Summary
District 196 reported gains on several Comprehensive Achievement & Civic Readiness (CACR) measures, including ACT composite scores that rose to 59.3% meeting the college-readiness benchmark, but officials said proficiency gaps for underrepresented groups did not shrink and will remain a focus of targeted interventions.
The Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School Board on Nov. 10 heard an annual update on Comprehensive Achievement & Civic Readiness (CACR) goals from Rachel Hughes, director of instruction and achievement, and Steven Belcamp, coordinator of research, assessment and analytics.
Hughes said the district tracks five CACR goal areas — kindergarten readiness, college- and career-readiness, graduation, lifelong-learning preparedness and closing the achievement gap — and that each area is measured by specific tools. She said the FastBridge screener is used for kindergarten literacy and the ACT (administered in school to juniors) is used to…
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