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Anaheim Elementary previews 2025 state test results: district highlights small literacy gains, continues focus on reclassification
Summary
District staff presented preliminary 2025 state assessment data showing modest increases in literacy and a drop in students scoring at the lowest level, while math remained largely flat. Officials emphasized a sustained literacy focus, cohort gains, and contextual factors including a high share of emergent bilingual and low-income students.
District data staff presented a preview of the Anaheim Elementary School District’s 2025 state assessment results at the Oct. 8 board meeting, reporting modest but meaningful gains tied to a multi-year literacy focus.
Rhonda Robertson, Director of Data and Special Programs, told the board the district increased the share of students meeting or exceeding standards in literacy by about 2 percentage points overall and decreased the proportion of students scoring at level 1 by 4 percentage points (SEG 1765–1774). She highlighted cohort growth from third grade baselines: fourth graders showed about a 3-point cohort gain, fifth graders about 6.6 points and sixth graders about 5 points (SEG 1820–1824). Math results were largely flat year to year.
Robertson placed the results in context: a large portion of the tested cohort is emergent bilingual (about one-third of the third–sixth grade cohort discussed), 87 percent qualify as low income and 15 percent have disabilities (SEG 1724–1726). She also noted an increase in reclassification rates for English learners that is close to the district’s LCAP target (SEG 1889–1895).
Board members asked about the drivers of the literacy focus and how the district will sustain gains; Robertson and cabinet members said the work is driven by collaborative cabinet decisions, teacher training (LETRS), school-level coaching and planned extension into math instruction (SEG 2000–2040). The district plans follow-up materials and school-level slide decks to help principals and staff analyze results.
District staff emphasized that the numbers shown at the meeting were an internal preview ahead of the public release scheduled the following day and that schools already received personalized slide decks to inform next steps.
Next steps: the district will release full results publicly and continue school-level planning and targeted interventions tied to literacy and reclassification goals.
