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Large Urban District in California Stands out for Growth Data

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January 28, 2025
Large Urban District in California Stands out for Growth Data

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A look at Smarter Balanced Assessment Scores for Grades 3-5 in the spring of 2024 compared to the spring of 2023

A large urban district in California that uses Eureka Math, a precursor to Eureka Math2, California  is outpacing the state when it comes to student growth data.

On the latest Smarter Balanced assessment, used in California schools, students in grades 3-5 in the large urban district had faster gains in math than their statewide peers.

As you can see in the first chart, the percentage of students meeting the proficiency benchmark in math grew by 0.9 percentage points for all California public school students while the large urban district saw a 2.1 -point gain in students meeting that goal.

 

All students
(Grades 3–5)

Large urban district in California

California

Large urban district compared to California

SY2022–2023 proficiency

35.2%

39.6%

-4.4 points

SY2023–2024 proficiency

37.3%

40.5%

-3.2 points


YOY improvement


+2.1 points


+0.9 points



 

Large Urban District has faster growth than state:

Chart-CA-SY22-23_23-24
In other words, the urban district's year over year improvement in proficiency is more than two times greater than that of the state. If these rates of improvement continue, the district will be outperforming the state by school year 2026-2027.

The schools within the urban district that used Great Minds coaching services saw proficiency rates grow even more–up 3.2 percentage points in 2024 compared to 2023. Furthermore, Black students in the large urban district in California are outperforming Black students statewide.

As you can see in the second chart, more Black students in grades 3–5 in the large urban district are meeting the proficiency standard as compared to Black students statewide. In addition, the proficiency scores for Black students in the urban district improved by 2.4 percentage points on the latest round of testing, compared to a 1.1-point improvement among Black students statewide. This year over year increase in proficiency for the urban district is, again, more than two times greater than that of the state.

Black students (Grades 3–5)

Large urban district

California

Large Urban district compared to California

SY2022–2023 proficiency

23.8%

20.8%

+3.0 points

SY2023–2024 proficiency

26.2%

21.9%

+4.3 points


YOY improvement


+2.4 points


+1.1 points



 

Black students in large urban district outperform statewide peers:

Chart-3-CA-SY22-23_23-24

At Great Minds, we believe every child is capable of greatness and we're proud to partner with this large urban district in closing achievement gaps and fueling math gains.

 

If you represent a large urban district, a California district, or a district with a diverse student population, we encourage you to contact us today

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Topics: California Mathematics