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District reports improved MCA/MTAS proficiency with persistent gaps; middle schools drive recent gains
Summary
District presenters said Stillwater's MCA/MTAS participation is high and proficiency rates exceed state averages across many grades, with recent growth concentrated in middle school grades; persistent achievement gaps remain by race and family income. The district will receive MCA4 science results in October.
District staff presented the district's MCA and MTAS assessment results for reading and mathematics and answered extensive board questions about cohort trends, subgroup gaps and how the data are used.
Elsa, the assessment presenter, said participation was strong—elementary participation was about 98–99% for tested grades, middle‑school participation roughly 96%, and high school participation lower (about 93% for tenth grade and ~81% for math). Elsa emphasized that the MCA is a single point‑in‑time assessment used along with other measures. For reading, Stillwater outperformed the state at most grade levels by about 10 percentage points, with…
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