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Palm Springs Unified reports flat winter STAR results; district narrows goal to steady 3% annual gains
Summary
District leaders told the board winter Renaissance STAR results were largely flat compared with last year, with pockets of site-level growth and positive movement out of the lowest performance bands; staff recommended tighter alignment of curriculum, instruction and assessment and incremental 3% annual improvement targets.
The Palm Springs Unified School District board received the district's winter Renaissance STAR assessment report and the LCAP midyear update on Feb. 24.
Mark Arnold, the district's executive director of student learning, summarized fall-to-winter STAR changes: a number of schools showed modest proficiency gains in ELA and math (for example, Agua Caliente ELA +5.7%, Nellie Kauffman ELA +4%, Desert Springs High ELA +4.4%; Rio Vista math +4.1%), but the district overall remained roughly at last year's winter level. Arnold highlighted a positive sign: measurable movement out of the lowest performance band at…
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