LOW MAP TEST SCORES ACROSS MISSOURI: LOWERING THE BAR?

This December, we will likely know the results of the standardized MAP (Missouri Assessment Program) tests Missouri students took during the spring of 2022.

Already, Missouri has made it known that school districts won't be penalized for them.

Analysis re: Missouri isn't using its own accreditation system because schools would fail.

THE SCORES

This is where Missouri was, statewide, after the most recent tests in 2021:

MO Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

You have to do a little addition to get the big picture.

THE CHART SHOWS:

Big picture:

Only about a third of Missouri's students are proficient in math.

Less than half are proficient in English Language Arts and Science.

For the details:

According to DESE, 64.6% of Missouri's students are NOT proficient in math. 

(Only 35.4% are proficient or above.)

54.8% are NOT proficient in English Language Arts.

(Only 45.3% are proficient or above.)

62.9% are NOT proficient in Science.

(Only 37.2% are proficient or above.)

SCORES AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL

ROCKWOOD?

This post shows Rockwood scores: LATEST MAP SCORES/RANKINGS

ANY DISTRICT IN MISSOURI?

You can check these scores for your school district here: How did your district do?