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Paramount Unified board reviews preliminary CAASPP results, approves consent and personnel resolutions unanimously
Summary
The Paramount Unified School District board reviewed preliminary CAASPP/CAST results showing 40% of students met or exceeded standards in ELA, 22% in math and 19% in CAST, discussed deeper data review and instructional steps, introduced new administrators and student board members, and approved consent and personnel items 5–0.
The Paramount Unified School District board on Aug. 14 received preliminary CAASPP and CAST results for 2023–24 and discussed next steps for instruction and data review while unanimously approving its consent calendar and several personnel resolutions.
Director of research and student information (presentation) summarized districtwide figures, saying the district enrolled about 12,000 students last year, with roughly 21% English learners and 14% students with disabilities. “You can see that 40% of our students met or exceeded in [English language arts] in the most recent school year,” the presenter said, and “22 percent of our students met or exceeded” in mathematics. On the California Science Test (CAST), the presenter gave a districtwide met-or-exceeded rate of about 19% and emphasized the data are preliminary and not yet comparable to county or state dashboards.
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