Statewide California mathematics achievement on the CAASPP was mostly stagnant from 2015 to 2018 and lagged behind English language arts gains¶

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q2 i? Statewide percentages of students meeting or exceeding the mathematics standard were mostly stagnant (elementary cohort 40, 38, 34, 37 percent across 2015–2018) while English language arts rose from 38 to 48 percent. → Perry 2019

Evidence¶

Perry 2019¶

Perry, R., & Huang, K. (2019). Spotlight on student achievement: Analyses of statewide assessment data in Math in Common districts. San Francisco, CA: WestEd. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED601900

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Descriptive analysis of statewide CAASPP cohort data (Tables 1 and 2) shows math scale scores rising each year while meeting/exceeding percentages stagnated; the elementary math cohort went 40, 38, 34, 37 percent while ELA went 38, 44, 47, 48 percent.

"CAASPP mathematics data reveal that the progress of student achievement in mathematics since 2015, the first year in which the CAASPP was administered, is slow and lags behind student achievement in English language arts"

Discussion¶

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