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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