THE CAASPP (California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress) 2024-2025 results were presented during the joint meeting of Sierra Plumas Joint Unified School District (SPJUSD) and Sierra County Office of Education on November 12th in Loyalton. The CAASPP is a statewide testing system that measures student progress in English language arts (ELA), math and science. These measures help identify and address gaps in knowledge or skills early on so students get the support they need for success in higher grades and become ready for college or a career.
Megan Meschery Director of Student Improvement/ LEA CAASPP Coordinator, led the discussion
stating all students in grades 3-8 and grade 11 (early assessment so they don’t have to take remedial classes in college) take the ELA and Math.
CAST (California Science Test) is taken by all 5th, 8th and one year in high school when students finish science pathway.
ELPAC (English Language Proficiency Assessment of California) is for all students until they are redesignated out of English language support services.
Meschery was happy to report the participation rates of 94.78% for ELA (an increase of 5.28% from last year) and 94.3% for Math (an increase of 4.3% from last year).
Achievement in ELA was 44% compared to California which is 48.82%. SPJUSD’s achievement increased by 11.03% from the previous year due to increased work with literacy and professional learning for teachers. The greatest need is in the area of reading and writing with over 23% below standard in reading and over 30.5% below standard in writing. Achievement in ELA is over 10% higher compared with other districts: Plumas 35.84% and Long Valley 33.59%.
In Math, SPJUSD is at 30.15% compared with California at 37.3%. SPJUSD’s achievement decreased by 1%. Greatest need is in the area of mathematical practices: How well did students apply strategies to solve complex problems and explain the reasoning for the solution. Meschery added they will be adopting a new math curriculum which will help as well. Math achievement is quite a bit higher when compared to Plumas 21.83%, and Long Valley 10.6%.
Science increased achievement by 6% from last year with SPJUSD 31.71% and CA 32.66%. Meschery was pleased with the science learning this year, noting they had no students in high school falling below standard. Compared with other districts, Plumas is at 18.97% and Long Valley 28.31%.
In the ELPAC the District has 20 English learning students and scored 35% at a Level 4 (7 of 20 students) with California at 15.53% for Level 4.
Next steps include continued literacy work, but shifting main focus to math this year. This will entail California Math Framework trainings to inform adoption and adopting math curriculum K-12 and be trained in cohort groups with same curriculum (K-5, 6-8, 9-12). The district will continue to analyze absenteeism data to determine its impact on academic achievement and will carry on reaching out to families in order to maintain high participation rates in the CAASPP and CAST Assessments.
District Superintendent Sean Snider said there was a tremendous amount of work in several areas and it was important to celebrate, though understanding there was still work to do in math but overall the results were “pleasing.”
Megan Meschery Director of Student Improvement/ LEA CAASPP Coordinator, led the discussion
stating all students in grades 3-8 and grade 11 (early assessment so they don’t have to take remedial classes in college) take the ELA and Math.
CAST (California Science Test) is taken by all 5th, 8th and one year in high school when students finish science pathway.
ELPAC (English Language Proficiency Assessment of California) is for all students until they are redesignated out of English language support services.
Meschery was happy to report the participation rates of 94.78% for ELA (an increase of 5.28% from last year) and 94.3% for Math (an increase of 4.3% from last year).
Achievement in ELA was 44% compared to California which is 48.82%. SPJUSD’s achievement increased by 11.03% from the previous year due to increased work with literacy and professional learning for teachers. The greatest need is in the area of reading and writing with over 23% below standard in reading and over 30.5% below standard in writing. Achievement in ELA is over 10% higher compared with other districts: Plumas 35.84% and Long Valley 33.59%.
In Math, SPJUSD is at 30.15% compared with California at 37.3%. SPJUSD’s achievement decreased by 1%. Greatest need is in the area of mathematical practices: How well did students apply strategies to solve complex problems and explain the reasoning for the solution. Meschery added they will be adopting a new math curriculum which will help as well. Math achievement is quite a bit higher when compared to Plumas 21.83%, and Long Valley 10.6%.
Science increased achievement by 6% from last year with SPJUSD 31.71% and CA 32.66%. Meschery was pleased with the science learning this year, noting they had no students in high school falling below standard. Compared with other districts, Plumas is at 18.97% and Long Valley 28.31%.
In the ELPAC the District has 20 English learning students and scored 35% at a Level 4 (7 of 20 students) with California at 15.53% for Level 4.
Next steps include continued literacy work, but shifting main focus to math this year. This will entail California Math Framework trainings to inform adoption and adopting math curriculum K-12 and be trained in cohort groups with same curriculum (K-5, 6-8, 9-12). The district will continue to analyze absenteeism data to determine its impact on academic achievement and will carry on reaching out to families in order to maintain high participation rates in the CAASPP and CAST Assessments.
District Superintendent Sean Snider said there was a tremendous amount of work in several areas and it was important to celebrate, though understanding there was still work to do in math but overall the results were “pleasing.”
