Elementary school students in Grades 3-5 in San Bernardino County showed the most improvement among students meeting proficiency standards in both English language arts (ELA) and math in results released today for the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP).
The students in the three grade levels showed 3-5 percentage points of gains in English language arts and an increases of 2-4 percentage points in math in the results released by the California Department of Education (CDE).
Overall, all San Bernardino County students across seven grade levels taking the CAASPP increased proficiency rates by 2 percentage points in English language arts and 1 percentage point in math.
"It's encouraging that progress continues to be made by our county students though four years of state testing," County Superintendent Ted Alejandre said. "There remains work to do at all grade levels to close gaps for meeting the statewide standard results."
In English language arts, the percentage of all county students meeting the state standards was 44 percent - the highest score in four years of CAASPP results. That compares with the statewide standard percentage of 50 percent. In math, the number of county students meeting the statewide standard was 30 percent, also the best in four years of results. The statewide standard proficiency rate was 39 percent.
In grade level results in English language arts, 11th-graders had the highest percentage of students meeting the state standards at 52 percent, but third-graders showed the most growth, increasing the number of students meeting the state standards by 5 percentage points. Fifth-graders improved 4 percentage points in yearly gains, and fourth-graders improved 3 percentage points. There were 210,444 students in seven grade levels - third- through eighth-graders and 11th graders - who took the state tests.
In math grade-level results, third-graders posted the highest rates in meeting the state standards with 42 percent. They also showed the most growth, increasing proficiency rates by 4 percentage points. Fifth-graders showed 3 percentage points of growth. All totaled, 210,541 students took the math portion of the state tests.
Among subgroups of students, female county students reached the statewide standards in ELA at 50 percent and 30 percent in math. Male students' percentages were 39 percent in ELA and 31 percent in math.
Despite growth among all subgroups over the past four years, gaps among subgroups still remain. Among ethnic subgroups, the percentages of those meeting the statewide standards are: African American students (30 percent in ELA and 17 percent in math); Asian students (77 percent in ELA and 73 percent in math); Hispanic students (40 percent in ELA and 26 percent in math); and White students (56 percent in ELA and 42 percent in math).