Convert Your Dissatisfaction into Concerted and Assertive Action: Percentage of Minneapolis Public Schools Students Recording Grade Level Performance on MCAs: Disaggregated for Ethnicity and Gender >>>>> Academic Years Ending in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017--- A Record of Dismal Failure

As we anticipate new figures on MCA results for spring 2018, everyone who cares about students of the Minneapolis Public Schools should realize that academic performance has been essentially flat but in many key demographic categories (notably, for example, African American and American Indian males) even declining for many years in a row.  Given this miserable failure to fulfill the grandiose goals of the district's Acceleration 2020 Strategic Plan, and with insufficient programmatic initiatives (the Benchmark reading program and Multi-Tiered System of Support [MTSS] are not enough), we can expect results to be released later this month to reveal a continuing pattern of failure:


This pattern of failure and stark programmatic inadequacy will be a major theme of my new book, Understanding the Minneapolis Public Schools:  Current Condition, Future Prospect.


Examine carefully and convert your dissatisfaction into concerted and assertive action:


Percentage of Minneapolis Public Schools Students Recording Grade Level Performance on MCAs:

Disaggregated for Ethnicity and Gender

 

Academic Years Ending in 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017

                               

Math

 

                                             2014             2015           2016           2017

 

African American 

 

Male                                     22%               23%            21%            18%

Female                                 22%               22%            21%            19%

 

Hispanic

 

Male                                     32%               33%             32%            29%

Female                                 29%               30%             30%            28%

                             

Native American/ American Indian

 

Male                                    20%               16%            16%            18%

Female                                25%               22%            21%            17%

 

Asian

 

Male                                   44%                 47%            45%               45%

Female                                51%                53%            54%               50%

 

White/ Caucasian

 

Male                                   77%                 78%           77%                77%

Female                               77%                 78%           78%                77%

 

All Students

 

Male                                     43%               44%           43%                41%
Female                                 44%               44%           44%                43%

 

Percentage of Students Recording Grade Level Performance on MCAs:
Disaggregated Data for Academic Years Ending in 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017

 

Reading

 

                                              2014             2015           2016           2017

 

African American 

 

Male                                     19%               19%            19%            18%

Female                                 25%               24%            23%            25%

 

Hispanic

 

Male                                     22%               23%            25%            23%

Female                                 25%               27%            28%            28%

                             

Native American/ American Indian

 

Male                                     18%               14%            15%            19%

Female                                 24%               26%            26%            27%

 

Asian

 

Male                                   36%                 36%            39%               37%

Female                               45%                 44%            51%               45%

 

White/ Caucasian

 

Male                                   75%                 74%           74%                75%

Female                               81%                 80%           80%                81%

 

All Students

 

Male                                   39%                 39%           40%                40%
Female                               45%                 45%           46%                47%