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District reports preliminary CAASPP gains, higher AP pass rates and modest graduation improvement
Summary
Superintendent/assessment lead presented preliminary 2024–25 results: district ELA and math scores rose since 2021–22; AP pass rate reached 54%; dropout rate fell to 7.5%. Officials emphasized that many measures remain preliminary pending the California Dashboard release in late November.
Dr. Casas (district assessment lead) told the board the 2024–25 CAASPP and related measures showed districtwide gains compared with 2021–22. "We're at 55.4% ELA and 20.68 for math," he said, and noted ELA improved roughly 12 percentage points and math about 6.5 points since 2021–22.
Casas highlighted school‑level results — Del Lago Academy's ELA score (73.1) exceeded county and state averages — and said the district's AP pass rate reached 54%, the highest on record for EUHSD. He also said the district's dropout rate decreased from 10.1% to 7.5% and graduation rate rose by 0.6 percentage points. CASA PP and dashboard‑related measures remain "preliminary" until the state publishes the California Dashboard in mid‑to‑late November.
The presentation included short‑ and long‑term improvement strategies: increasing formative CAST‑like practice tests, expanding professional learning communities, maintaining the studio professional learning model, and calibrating MTSS interventions. For math, the district plans continued refinement with a board subcommittee, outreach to feeder elementary districts and exploring schedule models to increase sustained time in higher‑level math.
Board members asked about why scores improved and whether staffing and schedule models (4x4) affected outcomes; Casas credited teachers, collective supports and a district focus on teacher professional learning rather than a single intervention. He cautioned that some juniors were not enrolled in grade‑level math (about 68% were), which affects pass‑rate interpretation.
