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District reports stable MCA scores, high participation and new science test
Summary
District staff reported district-wide MCA proficiency near 60% in reading and math with participation around 95.2%; science moved to a new MCA 4 test and comparative statewide numbers remain embargoed until October 1.
John Wenke, the district presenter on assessment results, told the board that Annandale’s districtwide MCA proficient rates were about 60.3% in reading and roughly 60% in math for the tests administered last April. He said the district’s participation rate was approximately 95.2 percent, higher than the state’s reported participation figure of about 93.1 percent.
Wenke reviewed grade-by-grade trends and highlighted improvements in middle-school math and a notable jump in tenth-grade reading, which he attributed in part to higher participation and local interventions. He said teachers receive strand-level benchmarks and use them to target instruction for standards where students underperform.
Wenke cautioned that science results are on a new MCA 4 test this year and cannot be compared to prior years because of new standards and free-response items; the district was awaiting statewide comparisons that the presenter said are embargoed until Oct. 1. Board members asked how the district and state use the results; Wenke said the district focuses on teacher use of benchmarks rather than state-level directives and noted the READ Act’s screening requirements for reading interventions.
Board members applauded staff and teachers for the results and discussed next steps for interventions where needed.
