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Chisago Lakes reviews assessment data, superintendent urges broader view than single MCA score
Summary
District presenters told the board that traditional MCA proficiency figures understate overall student performance and that including ‘partially proficient’ students raises the share meeting academic expectations; presenters also highlighted kindergarten literacy gains and falling intervention rates.
The Chisago Lakes School District board heard a detailed presentation on student assessment results, with district staff urging the board and public to interpret MCA scores alongside multiple measures of student learning.
Presenters told the board the district’s composite reading proficiency (students who met or exceeded standards) was 56%, compared with a state figure of 49.6%. "I included the partial on the right because I feel like it's a little bit of an insult misnomer to be, like, kids who are partially proficient on the MCAs are, like, failing," the assessment presenter said, arguing that…
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