Academic Update: IReady

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 Summary
1. The percentage of students at or above grade level from Fall to Spring in Reading and
Math increased by 14 percentage points.

2. The percentage of students two or more years below grade level from Fall to Spring
in Reading and Math decreased by 12 and 14 percentage points, respectively.

3. All schools showed an increase in the percentage of students at or above grade

level and a decrease in the percentage of students two or more grade levels
below in both Reading and Math.
Across the Empowerment Zone, students on or
above grade level increased by 14 percentage points in
both reading and math

Reading Math

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 Gains in the percentage of students on or above grade level
were seen at each school

Reading Math

Percentage
point 11% 18% 4% 23% 19% 10% 18% 3% 33% 15%
change:
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 Gains in the percentage of students on or above grade level
were seen across groups and varied by race

Reading Math

Percentage
point 11% 20% 16% 11% 17% 17%
change:

Note: Racial categories with fewer than 10 students excluded (Asian, American Indian or Alaska Native). 5
Gains were made in the percentage of students on or above
grade level and these did not vary by ethnicity

Reading Math

Percentage
point change: 13% 14% 15% 14%

Note: Racial categories with fewer than 10 students excluded (Asian, American Indian or Alaska Native). 6
Across the Empowerment Zone, the percentage of students two or
more years below grade level decreased by 12 and 14 percent

Reading Math

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 All schools showed a decrease in the percentage of students
two or more grade levels below

Reading Math

Percentage
point 13% 14% 7% 11% 15% 10% 21% 2% 14% 21%
change:
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 A decrease in the percentage of students two or more grade
levels below was noted across groups and varied by race
Reading Math

Percentage
point 13% 10% 12% 16% 8% 14%
change:

Note: Racial categories with fewer than 10 students excluded (Asian, American Indian or Alaska Native). 9
 A decrease in the percentage of students two or more grade
levels below was seen and varied slightly by ethnicity

Reading Math

Percentage
point change: 10% 13% 13% 15%
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