Idaho Superintendent of Public Instruction Sherri Ybarra says the latest statewide results for the Idaho Standards Achievement Test show steady improvement in students’ proficiency over the past few years.
Ybarra says more Idaho students are performing at a proficient or advanced level, and she believes that trend will continue.
The ISAT is administered each spring to all public school students in grades 3-through-8 and 10, gauging their proficiency in Math and English Language Arts-Literacy.
While final results won’t be available until later this year, preliminary results show math proficiency at 44.4 percent in 2019, continuing a steady climb in each of the last three years. The percentage of students scoring proficient or advanced in math went up in five of the seven grade levels, with gains ranging from 1 to 3 percent. In 10th grade, the percentage remained the same as last year’s, and sixth grade results dipped by 1 percent.
In English-Language Arts, preliminary proficiency is 55 percent, surpassing the numbers from the past few years. The percentage of students scoring proficient or advanced in ELA increased at grade levels 4-through-7, and remained the same as 2018’s rates in the remaining three.
Students finished testing in late May, and individual score reports are available through local school districts. Local educators will be able to review school-level data and ensure it is accurate before results are finalized.
Final results will be available in the state’s new interactive K-12 report card in mid-August. (Idaho Department of Education)
