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Wetzel County presents unofficial test scores showing modest gains; math remains a challenge
Summary
Superintendent/staff presented unofficial West Virginia assessment and SAT results: grades 3–8 math proficiency rose to 36% (+5%), ELA to 41% (+5%), science to 25% (+4%); SAT 11th-grade math proficiency at 14% (up 3%) and language arts at 44% (up 4%). Staff highlighted curriculum alignment and principal training as drivers of improvement.
Todd, identified in the meeting as the presenter of assessment data, told the board the district’s unofficial West Virginia General Summative results show modest year‑over‑year gains but continuing gaps compared with state averages.
"In mathematics, we had an overall ... 36% math that actually is a 5% growth over the previous year," Todd said, reporting a countywide math proficiency rate of 36% and noting math improved by roughly five percentage points. He also reported 41% proficiency in English language arts (an increase of 5%) and a science proficiency of 25% (an increase of 4%), with the state averages higher in each subject.
Todd said 141 eleventh graders took the SAT this year. For those eleventh graders he reported a 14% proficiency rate in SAT math (up 3% from last year) and a 44% proficiency rate in SAT language arts (up 4%). Todd stressed the numbers were unofficial until the state publishes final figures.
Board members asked what the district attributes to the gains. Staff said the district focused on consistent curriculum adoption, walkthroughs, targeted professional development, use of MTSS, and boot camps to address missing skills. The district plans to train principals this July to help teachers use assessment data, build student portfolios and run facilitated student–parent–teacher conferences to improve outcomes.
The presentation closed with staff saying more granular state data will be shared once the state releases final numbers and that work will continue, particularly to raise math performance.
