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Robertson: new state cut scores will lower pass rates by several points, principals must know their data
Summary
The superintendent told conference attendees that applying recently announced state cut scores to spring test data would reduce pass rates by '5 to 9 percentage points' and urged principals to know local data and target supports.
Dr. Robertson warned that new state cut scores applied to spring data would translate to declines in pass rates across core subjects and urged principals to calculate and act on their local numbers. "Subtract 5 to 9% — where does that put you?" Robertson asked, saying leaders must use those figures to plan school-level interventions.
He framed the numbers as a management problem rather than a moral failing, offering the example of Principal Delaney, who used granular data to push small, concrete teacher-level changes that cumulatively moved a school off an accountability watch list. "If you can get two more kids across the finish line," Robertson said, "you can change your school's outcome."
