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Monroe Public Schools board reviews 2025 M-STEP, PSAT and SAT results
Summary
District staff told the board that M-STEP results show modest recovery since 2022 with pockets of growth (notably grades 6–9), while 3rd and 4th grades showed flat proficiency; staff emphasized using multiple data sources and drilling down by standards to target supports.
The Monroe Public Schools Board of Education heard a district-level review of 2025 M-STEP, PSAT and SAT results at a special work session on Sept. 22.
Superintendent Shaw opened the presentation and turned the discussion over to curriculum staff, who said the district has seen an upward trend since 2022 in several grades but limited gains from 2024 to 2025 in grades 3, 4 and 10. “So we’re demonstrating some proficiency, but not at the level to be considered at the proficient or advanced proficiency,” Andrea, the district curriculum specialist, said as she explained how state performance bands map to locally used categories.
Staff cautioned that MDE’s recent realignment of social studies standards makes year-to-year comparisons unreliable for that subject and emphasized that M-STEP is a single snapshot. The presentation highlighted that partially proficient students (level 2) grew in several grades, meaning more students moved from not proficient into partially proficient, a shift staff said they track closely at the building level.
Board members pressed for clarity on how local I-Ready results correlate with M-STEP outcomes. Curriculum staff said there is a correlation but “not a one-to-one” relationship and that item-level analysis is needed to explain unexpected patterns. The board asked staff to produce additional breakdowns by school and grade and to include trend context from 2022 onward.
The board did not take formal action on the test results; staff said they will continue targeted analysis and return with school-level and intervention data in board briefs.
