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[quote=Anonymous]Forgive me if this was already posted in the thread. This is letter she sent out to teachers.

Dear Colleagues,
 
This year’s results from the District of Columbia Comprehensive Assessment System exam (DC CAS) have arrived and the news is that we are making steady progress.
 
·       Students improved their math proficiency by 1.6 points and their reading proficiency by 0.3 points over last year.
·       For the first time ever, more than half of DCPS students are proficient in math.
·       High school students showed 4.2 point growth in math and a 4.2 point growth in reading.

I’m proud that we’re continuing on an upward trajectory on the DC CAS, and that more children than ever are proficient in reading and math.  I’m especially pleased that we’ve shown significant growth in our high schools. However, I’m somewhat disappointed that we weren’t able to demonstrate greater growth this year across all DCPS schools. 
 
I know that all of you are working urgently with students to raise achievement, and our students are responding to the more challenging work that we’re putting in front of them.  We’ll use this data to help us understand where to expand the practices that are working and where to eliminate strategies that aren’t effective.  At the end of the day, we’re still on the right track-- we just need to accelerate our progress and I am confident that we will.
 
Finally, as you know, this past year was the last for DC CAS—this upcoming school year, we will be switching over to PARCC (Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers), so please be on the lookout for more information.
 
We are DCPS and we can do this!
 
Sincerely,
 
 
Kaya Henderson
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