Robbinsdales' Winter MAP Scores Show Improvement

MAP scores are in, and students in the Robbinsdale district are showing improvement.  Across the board, high school students continue to make growth in district math and reading achievement, as is evidenced by results of the recent Winter Measures of Academic Progress. 

Tenth grade students take this achievement test in reading, and eleventh grade students take the test in math.   An approximate average number of students made at least average growth from fall 2010 to winter 2011, with 57 percent of students at grade level in reading making at least average growth, and 60 percent of students below grade level in math making at least average growth. 

“Robbinsdale Area Schools are committed to raising the bar and eliminating the educational attainment gap,” says Superintendent Aldo Sicoli.  “Our goal is to have all students grow in their learning every year.”

While focusing on growth for all students, the district continues to make headway in eliminating the difference in scores on standardized tests among different groups of students.  

Data from the MAP tests are used by teachers as formative data all year long, but also to predict growth on the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments (MCA-IIs), the state standardized achievement tests. While this difference in the prediction of scores held steady in reading for high school students, the difference in the prediction of scores decreased in math by at least three points.  Every ethnic group made growth at near or above-average rates in both reading and math. 

Editor's Note: Assessment and data was provided by Robbinsdale Area Schools' communications director, Tia Clasen.