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District presents state assessment results, flags AI scoring and sample-release concerns
Summary
Assistant Superintendent Dr. Camilla presented RICAS/SAT/AP results, noted strong subgroup growth and high participation, and said state and vendor restrictions on releasing student writing samples plus new AI-driven scoring limit local diagnostic use.
At a lengthy presentation to the Chariho School Committee, Assistant Superintendent Dr. Camilla reviewed the district—s "Vision of a Graduate," released state assessment results and the district—s Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) strategy, and outlined next steps for instruction and targeted interventions.
Dr. Camilla said the district saw high participation rates, a 94% high-school graduation rate, top-10 state placement in ELA/mathematics/science for the high school, and meaningful growth at Hope Valley and the alternative program CALA, including growth for students with IEPs. She stressed that attendance is a major driver of achievement and that the district uses multiple benchmark sources in addition to state data.
Presenters also described technical changes to statewide tests: the SAT transitioned to an adaptive, fully digital format this year, which the presenters said creates a new benchmark and complicates year-to-year comparisons. The presentation noted the RIDE/assessment vendor arrangement limited release of student writing samples and that RIDE and the commissioner had expressed concern; district staff said they had requested and encouraged broader sample release to enable diagnostic analysis but had not received student writing samples this year. "We were very frustrated because it doesn't allow us the information that we typically like to see in order to make a plan," Dr. Camilla said of the missing samples.
Committee members asked technical questions about adaptive scoring, cohort comparisons from PSAT to SAT, and why the state and national scores differ. Presenters described College Board—s confidentiality of scoring formulas, the addition of an "error analysis" in adaptive scoring, and forthcoming free district-level Khan Academy supports that College Board agreed to provide to Rhode Island districts. Administrators emphasized the district will use MTSS interventions, benchmark data and updated data dashboards for principals to guide instruction moving forward.
The presentation closed with an invitation for community members to review school improvement plans and to contact principals for school-level data sessions.
