Sep 6, 2018

Volume V, Number 3, September 2018 >>>>> >Journal of the K-12 Revolution: Essays and Research from Minneapolis, Minnesota<,Third in a Multi-Article Series


Article #3

 

Minnesota Department of Education Announcement,

2017-2018 Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment Results

 

On Thursday, 30 August 2018, the Minnesota Department of Education announced yet another dismal showing of the state’s students on the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments (MCAs).  In a looming article I will remind you why we get these results year after year.

For now, examine carefully the data revealing the wretched academic performance of students in Minnesota:

 

Proficiency in Reading and Math for Minnesota Public School Students

 

2016-2017            2017-2018

 

Reading                    60%                        60%

 

Math                          59%                        57%

 

Proficiency in Reading and Math for Minneapolis Public School (MPS) Students

 

 

2016-2017            2017-2018

 

Reading                    43%                        45%

 

Math                          42%                        42%

 

Proficiency in Reading and Math for St. Paul Public School (MPS) Students

 

2016-2017            2017-2018

 

Reading                    38%        38%

     (37.8%)  (38.4%)

 

Math                           35%       33%

 

 

Proficiency in Reading and Math for Minnesota Public School Students, by Racial Groups

 

     2017-2018

 

                           Reading           Math                                                 

 

African

American              34%              28%

 

American               35%             29%

Indian

 

Hispanic/                38%             33%

Latino

Hispanic/                38%             33%

Latino

 

Pacific                      48%             40%

islander/

Hawaiian

 

Asian                        55%             56%


Two or                     56%             50%

more

races

 

White                      69%             66%

 

All Students          60%             57%

 

Note that the above figures reveal a thirty-five (35) percentage point gap between African American and white students for reading and a thirty-eight (38) percentage point gap for math.  In the St. Paul Public Schools, the gap for reading remained constant for 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 at fifty (50) percentage points and for math increased from forty-five (45) to forty-nine (49).

 

A previously touted charter school, Hiawatha Academy, must face the bracing news revealed by the following  record:

 

Proficiency in Reading and Math for Students at Hiawatha Academy

 

2016-2017            2017-2018

 

Reading                    39%                     31%

 

Math                         42%                     34%

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