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Triton district presents 2024–25 MCAS, VOCAL and school-quality findings showing gains in math and attendance

Triton Regional School Committee · November 20, 2025
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Summary

Doctor Anna Bates presented the district's 2024–25 accountability report, showing notable math recovery, improved attendance across groups and substantial gains in writing at multiple schools; administrators said some areas (high-school ELA, science) still trail targets and follow-up is planned at the Dec. 10 meeting.

Doctor Anna Bates presented a districtwide accountability report that combined School Quality Measures, VOCAL student-survey results, chronic-absenteeism data and MCAS achievement and growth for 2024–25. "I'm so excited about this attendance data because we've far exceeded the targets that were set for us in almost every group of students at every school," Bates said, noting that chronic-absence rates improved for students with disabilities and other historically lower-performing groups.

Bates said district math performance has recovered to — and in some grades surpassed — pre-pandemic levels and that writing showed measurable improvement after district investment in curriculum and professional development. She reported that a district target for English-learner proficiency was 38.5% and the district's actual EL proficiency was 61.3%. She also highlighted high growth in several grade-level student-growth-percentile (SGP) measures, including a 67 SGP in one ELA grade and exceptionally high SGPs (in the 70s and low 80s) at some elementary and middle grades.

The presentation also identified areas of concern. Bates said science achievement declined in 2025 in grades 3–8 and at the high school, and that high-school ELA and math achievement dipped in some measures. "We're still on the recovery path for ELA," she said, adding that the district is improving but remains below some state targets.

Committee members asked for the presentation slides and additional documentation. A number of members said the packet was dense and requested the slides be attached to the Dec. 10 agenda; Bates and administration agreed to provide the materials in advance so the committee can review and follow up on improvement plans and implementation details.

The committee did not take a formal vote on accountability actions at this meeting; administration said follow-up discussions and improvement-planning items will be scheduled for December and January.