Irresponsibility and Incompetence of the Superintendent Lisa Sayles-Adams Administration >>>>> Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) Data Requests and Department of Research, Evaluation, and Assessment (REA) Are Ethically and Very Likely Legally Noncompliant with the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) in Failing to Provide Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment Results

Note to Readers  >>>>>    Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) Data Requests and Department of Research, Evaluation, and Assessment (REA) have been ethically and very likely legally noncompliant with the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).  I laboriously compiled the figures given below from those available at Minnesota Department of Education Minnesota Report Card website portal.

Such figures have not been available for two years at the nonfunctional Minneapolis Public Schools Data Report Card portal;  and neither MPS Data Requests nor MPS Department of Research, Evaluation, and Assessment (REA) have acted upon my request to provide this information directly.

For the benefit of my readers, I provide the following information that the administration of MPS Superintendent Lisa Sayles-Adams is unwilling or too incompetent to provide >>>>>  

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Academic Proficiency Rates

Years Ending in 2014 through 2025

 

             2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024 

 2025

All

Students

 

Math   44%  44%  44%  42%   42%  42%  35%   33%  35%  35%  

36%

 

Reading  42%  42%  43%  43%  45%  47% 40% 42%  41%  40%  

41%

 

Science  33%  36%  35%  34%  34%  36% 36%  33%  31% 32%

 23%

 

Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments (MCAs)

Student Proficiency Rates

Academic Years Ending in 2014 through 2024

 

Note:    Data given for the academic year ending in 2024 in the category of “All Students” only;  disaggregated data for that year will be forthcoming, as will number of students tested for all categories.

 

                    2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022  2023  2024  2025

 

African                      

American

 

Math          22%   23%   21%  15%  18%   18%   9%   10%   8%     8%    11%   

 

Reading     22%   21%   21%  21%  22%   23%  19%  18% 16%  15%     17%  

 

Science      11%   15%   13%  12%  11%   11%   11%   8%   6%    6%        5%

 

 

                    2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022  2023  2024  2025

 

American

Indian

 

Math            23%  19%  19%   17%  17%  18%   9%    9%  10%  12%     14%

 

Reading       21%  20%  21%   23%  24%  25% 20%  22%  19% 18%      20%

 

Science        14%  16%  13%  12%  14%  17%     9%   9%    7%  12%        8%

 

 

                   2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022  2023  2024  2025

 

 

Hispanic/

Latine

 

Math            31%  32%  31%   29%  26%  25%  12%  12%  12%  11%   11%

 

Reading       22%  21%  21%   21%  22%  23%  19%  18%  16%  12%   14%

 

Science         17%  18%  21%   19%  17%  16%  10%  11%    9%   8%      6%     

   

 

                   2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022  2023  2024  2025

 

Asian

American

 

Math            48%  50%  50%  49%   50%   47%  46%  39%  25%  26%   28%

 

Reading        41%  40%  45%  41%  48%   50%   54%  49% 33%  31%   28%   

 

Science         31%  35%  42%  35%   37%  40%   43%  36% 27%  28%   20%

 

                  

                   2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022  2023  2024  2025

 

White

 

Math            77%   78%  78%  77%   77%  75%    62%  61% 65% 68%   68%

 

Reading       78%   77%  77%  78%   80%  78%    74%  71% 72% 73%   75%

 

Science         71%  75%  71%  70%   71%  70%    61%  60% 59% 61%   45%

 

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Article #1 in a Series >>>>> Poor Quality of Leadership, Minnesota Association of School Administrators (MASA)

Inadequate Academic Credentials

(Notice that none of these MASA leaders have a graduate degree in a key subject area (mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, history, government, literature;  and that only two have even a bachelor's degree in such major disciplines)

 

Minnesota Association of School Administrators (MASA)

 

Executive Board,

Minnesota Association of School Administrators (MASA)

 

 

Deb Hinton (Executive Director)

Superintendent of North Branch Area Public Schools

 

Ed. D., Educational Leadership

(St. Mary’s University of Minnesota, 1997-1999)

 

M.Ed.

(St. Mary’s University of Minnesota, 1994-1995)

 

B.A., Social Studies Education

(University of Wisconsin, River Falls, 1985-1989)

 

Stacey Stanley (President)

Superintendent of St. Paul Public Schools

 

Ed. D., Educational Leadership

(Bethel University, 2009-2013)

Dissertation: 

“21^st Century Leadership:  A Study of Intercultural Development and K-5 Administrative Practice”

 

M.Ed., K-8 Math Specialty

(St. Mary’s University of Minnesota, 1997-1999)

 

 

Laurie Putnam (President-Elect)

Superintendent of St. Cloud Area Public Schools

 

Ed. D., Educational Leadership and Administration

(St. Cloud State University, September 2007-July2019)

 

M.Ed., Counseling Education/School Counseling and Guidance

(University of Maine, August 1997-May 1999)

 

B.A., History

(Dartmouth College)

 

 

Ann-Marie Foucault (Past President)

Superintendent of St. Michael-Albertville Public Schools

 

 

Ed. D., Educational Leadership and Administration/General

(St. Mary’s University of Minnesota, September 2003-August 2007)

 

M.Ed.

(St. Mary’s University of Minnesota, September 1999-May 2001)

 

M.Ed.

(St. Mary’s University of Minnesota, September 1995-M)

 

B.S., Pre-Med Studies

(Michigan Technological University, September 1987-May 2001)

 

 

Scott Thielman (Treasurer)

Superintendent of Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose Public Schools

 

Ed. D., Educational Leadership

(Texas A&M University/Corpus Christi, 1999)

 

M.Ed., Ed. D., Educational Administration & Supervision

(Corpus Christi State University, 1992)

 

B.A., Elementary Education & Teaching

(St. cloud State University, 1988)

 

Article #2 in a Series >>>>> Poor Quality of Leadership, Minnesota Association of School Administrators (MASA)

Academic Performance of School Districts

Led by Executive Director and Executive Board of the Minnesota Association of School Administrators

(Notice poor student academic performance in school districts led by MASA board members), with lack of college readiness especially notable.)

 

North Branch Area Public Schools

Deb Hinton, Superintendent

 

Math

 

Elementary

 

     56% 

 

Middle School

 

      19% 

 

High School

 

       16%        

 

 

Reading

 

Elementary

 

     56% 

 

Middle School

 

      19% 

 

High School

 

       16%        

…………………………………….

 

Graduation Rate

 

         67.3%%

                          

College Readiness

 

          N/A

 

(Scaled Score of 1 to 100, based on Student Advanced Placement & International Baccalaureate Performance)

 

St. Paul Public Schools

Stacey Stanley, Superintendent

 

Math

 

Elementary

 

     28% 

 

Middle School

 

      21% 

 

High School

 

       23%        

 

Reading

 

Elementary

 

     31% 

 

Middle School

 

      32% 

 

High School

 

       40%

…………………………………….

 

Graduation Rate

 

         46%

                          

College Readiness

 

          27.4

 

(Scaled Score of 1 to 100, based on Student Advanced Placement & International Baccalaureate Performance)

 

St. Cloud Area Public Schools

Laurie Putnam, Superintendent

 

Math

 

Elementary

 

     31% 

 

Middle School

 

      18% 

 

High School

 

       22%        

 

Reading

 

Elementary

 

     38% 

 

Middle School

 

      32% 

 

High School

 

       40%

…………………………………….

 

Graduation Rate

 

         54.7%

                          

College Readiness

          23

 

(Scaled Score of 1 to 100, based on Student Advanced Placement & International Baccalaureate Performance)

 

St. Michael-Albertville Public Schools

Anne-Marie Foucault, Superintendent

 

Math

 

Elementary

 

     60% 

 

Middle School

 

      58% 

 

High School

 

       60%        

 

Reading

 

Elementary

 

     58% 

 

Middle School

 

      49% 

 

High School

 

       73% 

…………………………………….

 

Graduation Rate

 

         76.1%

                          

College Readiness

 

          30.5

 

(Scaled Score of 1 to 100, based on Student Advanced Placement & International Baccalaureate Performance)

 

Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose Public Schools

Scott Thielman, Superintendent

 

Math

 

Elementary

 

     56% 

 

Middle School

 

      51% 

 

High School

 

       33%        

 

Reading

 

Elementary

 

     58% 

 

Middle School

 

      51% 

 

High School

 

       50%

…………………………………….

Graduation Rate

 

         90.4%

                          

College Readiness

 

          10

 

(Scaled Score of 1 to 100, based on Student Advanced Placement & International Baccalaureate Performance)