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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools set out in 2024 to significantly improve its high school math scores by 2029. But recent data<\/u><\/a> show it may be way offtrack.<\/p>\n

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.CMS Superintendent Crystal Hill, however, told school board members Tuesday not to worry: the numbers, she said, don\u2019t tell the full story and will look different in the fall.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are definitely progressing,\u201d Hill said at Tuesday\u2019s board meeting. \u201cThe data that you see today\u2026 There\u2019s a huge shift that you will see in October.\u201d<\/p>\n

At every CMS board meeting, board members review student data to track progress toward one of its four 2029 goals<\/u><\/a>. One of them is to raise the proportion of students mastering Math I \u2013 usually taken the freshman year of high school but also taken by some middle schoolers and older high school students.<\/p>\n

Specifically, the district is looking to raise the percentage of students scoring as \u201ccollege and career ready\u201d on state math assessments. Students are scored on a scale of 1-5, with 3-5 qualifying as \u201cproficient.\u201d Only scores of 4 and 5 are considered \u201ccollege and career ready,\u201d however.<\/p>\n

In 2023, 27% of students scored a 4 or 5 on the end-of-grade Math I test. The district aims to raise that to 57% by 2029.<\/p>\n

But at Tuesday\u2019s meeting, district leaders showed board members the latest testing data, which told a different story.<\/p>\n

Students recently took a different math test called the Mastery View Predictive Assessment, which is meant to give the district a clue of how students would do on the state test administered last week.<\/p>\n

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The goal was for 42% of students to score a 4 or 5 this year. However, according to the MVPA, the proportion was 27% \u2013 the same percentage it was in 2023 when the board made the goal of improving.<\/p>\n

\u201cIs there anything else that can be changed in the strategy?\u201d board member Liz Monterrey Duvall asked Hill Tuesday. \u201cI do feel in my gut that there is a systemic thing here that is disrupting our growth.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hill cautioned that, from the preliminary results she\u2019d seen from last week\u2019s test, she believes students did better on the state test than the MVPA data suggested.<\/p>\n

She also said the district would be making some adjustments, like getting schools more prompt and complete support from district math specialists as well as working to engage students more proactively.<\/p>\n

But high school math scores have been stubborn in CMS, even as the district has doubled down on efforts to improve them.<\/p>\n

For each of the past two school years, for example, CMS has spent $750,000 year on bonuses for especially effective high school math teachers. Each teacher could earn up to over $15,000 above their standard yearly pay.<\/p>\n

Still, scores have only budged. The proportion of students earning 4 or 5 on the state math test increased from 27% to 28% in 2024, and from 28% to 29% in 2025. And, if Tuesday\u2019s projections prove accurate, scores could even backslide.<\/p>\n

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This year\u2019s end-of-grade testing data will come out in September.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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