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Poway Unified previews preliminary CAASPP results: ELA and math above state averages, absenteeism trending down
Summary
Executive Director Julie Goldberg presented Poway Unified’s MTSS data cycle and preliminary 2025 CAASPP results showing district‑level ELA ~74%, math ~66%, science ~60%, graduation rate over 94% and chronic absenteeism down to about 10%; trustees asked for disaggregated data and interim metrics to track progress midyear.
Poway Unified’s executive director for MTSS, Julie Goldberg, previewed the district’s new data cycle on Thursday and shared preliminary spring 2025 CAASPP results that she said give a reliable—but still preliminary—picture of student performance.
Goldberg described a three‑checkpoint data cycle: fall baseline (recent end‑of‑year results), a winter cycle for midyear monitoring using interim assessments and attendance, and a spring cycle to close the loop and inform planning for the following school year. She urged trustees to use summative CAASPP results together with interim and qualitative measures to create actionable plans at the site level.
The district’s preliminary percentages of students scoring in the meet/exceed standards were presented as roughly: ELA 74%, math 66% and science 60%. Poway’s graduation rate remains among the highest in the state at over 94%, and A–G completion rose to about 77%. Goldberg also highlighted a drop in chronic absenteeism from nearly 15% two years ago to about 10% last year.
Trustees asked for more disaggregated and cohort analyses, especially for middle schools and historically underserved student groups. Board members also questioned how CAASPP participation rates affect dashboard metrics and whether low participation could produce an artificial penalty; staff explained the difference between the percentage‑met metric shown tonight and the state dashboard’s distance‑from‑standard calculation, which adjusts for non‑participants.
Several trustees urged that the district bring back interim results (for example i‑Ready baselines) this fall so the board and the public can track progress before next year’s CAASPP release. Staff agreed to improve analytics for cross‑measure comparisons and to return with more local interim results and school‑level context during the winter cycle.
Why it matters: The data cycle aims to move the district from collecting results to using them to guide instruction and resource allocation. Trustees said they want the next updates to include local interim baselines and evidence of which programs are most effective at improving outcomes.
Provenance: Topic introduced SEG 1893; continued through board Q&A through SEG 3142.
