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Upshur County Schools posts modest test-score gains as state monitor urges continued focus on instruction
Summary
Superintendent Miller and a West Virginia Department of Education representative told the board the district has modest academic growth but remains below state proficiency levels; officials flagged nearly 2,000 unexcused absences and warned that withdrawing the virtual program would cost roughly $1 million in lost funding.
Superintendent Miller and a West Virginia Department of Education official briefed the Upshur County Board of Education on academic progress, attendance and budgetary risks during the board's regular meeting.
Miller reviewed cohort test-score data and school-level proficiency maps, saying many cohorts remain in the "partially meets" category even as the district recorded modest gains. She told the board that the county's math proficiency this past year was 26.4 percent (compared with the state rate of 35.5 percent) and that English language arts proficiency was 37.5 percent (compared with the state rate of 45.1 percent). Miller said overall district scores improved by about 2 percent when grade 11 is included.
Miller also raised immediate operational concerns. "We…
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