Santa Cruz County Student Progress 2017-18

In the spring of 2018 over 20,000 3rd through 8th grade and 11th grade Santa Cruz County students participated  in the annual California Assessment of Student Progress and Performance (CAASPP) program to evaluate their content proficiency throughout the 2017-18 school year. CAASPP measures students performance on a variety of assessments including the two core tests -- Smarter Balanced Assessment of English Language Arts and Mathematics. These assessments are only ONE MEASURE in overall student performance. Schools and districts continue to use multiple and diverse assessment tools to evaluate student achievement.

Achievement Maintained

Skills Exceeded/ Near Proficiency

Santa Cruz County students made minimal gains in both English Language Arts and Mathematics (3% and 2%, respectively) since the start of the Smarter Balanced Assessments which measures student proficiency toward understanding grade-level content aligned to the Common Core State Standards.

The majority of students in the county have exceeded or are near proficiency in all Math and English skills measured. 

ELA                                                                                                                         Math

Students Meeting or Exceeding Proficiency

Students  Exceeding  or Near Proficiency

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Santa Cruz County Students - Slightly Behind State Average

Students in the county are slightly behind their state counterparts. Over 3-million students were assessed statewide
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Students  in county are English Learners

Students  in county are Socioeconomically Disadvantage

County English Learners and Socioeconomically Disadvantaged students significantly lag behind their peers. English Learner proficiently is only 8% in both English Language Arts and Math, a 69% and 53% difference from their English only and redesignated fluent in English counterparts, respectively. A 38% and 34% gap exists in English Language Arts and Math, respectively between Socioeconomically Disadvantaged students and their non-disadvantaged peers.

Achievement Gap

Students Meeting or Exceeding Proficiency

Students Meeting or Exceeding Proficiency

SCCOE Partnering to Improve Student Success

Continue the work of Santa Cruz County College Commitment (S4C) providing summer training with ongoing coaching in Mathematics.

Equity Institute

Leadership in Curriculum and Instruction

Meet twice a month with Curriculum/Instructional leaders to: analyze student achievement data; study in depth the barriers to acceleration; address the need for site-based instructional leadership development, support continuous improvement through district plan development

 Provide the second year of the Equity Institute to address the achievement and opportunity gap that exists among students of color and their White and Asian classmates.

Meet with principals regularly to discuss ways to increase student engagement in school and provide needed academic, social, and emotional support

Ongoing professional development and coaching in all content areas

College Committment for ALL

Building Capacity in Language Development

Providing Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) for the neediest schools/districts

Other Santa Cruz County Office Supports

Celebrate student successes through academic showcases and competitions

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Learn more about the CAASPP program  and review statewide and local results