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Desert Sands posts modest gains on CAASPP and ELPAC; district to provide further breakdowns

Desert Sands Unified School District Board of Education · October 22, 2025
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Coordinator Michael O'Neil reported small year‑over‑year gains in state assessments: about +2 percentage points in ELA, +1.2 in math, a 1.1 point gain in CAST science and a 1.7 percentage‑point increase in students potentially reclassifying on the ELPAC; the district ranked seventh (ELA) and sixth (math) among county unified districts on the slides shown.

Dr. Michael O’Neil, coordinator of assessment and accountability, presented the district’s spring 2025 assessment results, including ELPAC, Smarter Balanced ELA and math, and the California Science Test (CAST). He said the ELPAC showed a roughly 1.7 percentage‑point increase in the number of students who could potentially reclassify this year and that…

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