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Academic Proficiency

There are two sources of public domain data that allow us to assess SAU39 Academic Proficiency:

  • New Hampshire Department of Education (NH-DOE) Provides proficiency data associated with all NH Districts, Schools, and Grades

  • NWEA Provides proficiency data and performance projections associated with the tens of thousands of NWEA subscriber Districts, Schools, and Grades across the US. Following is a summary of NH-DOE Reading (ELA) and Math Proficiency data …


To better see the distribution of results, for Reading, 75% Proficient is ‘White’; for Math 60% Proficient is ‘White’, below Proficient results are shades of Red’, above Proficient results are shades of Green.


Reading (ELA) Proficiency – by Comparable SAUs / School Type
Observations:

  • Amherst SAU Elementary and Middle School

    • Reading Proficiency results are significantly lower than most of their peers.

    • Low measured Reading Proficiency performance has been the case since the 2016_17 school year.

  • There is a clear Reading Proficiency issue exposed when SAU39 students move from Elementary to Middle School.


Reading (ELA) Proficiency – SAU39 by School Type and School Name
Observations:

  • Within SAU39

    • Clark-Wilkins and AMS appear to have the lowest Reading Proficiency School Averages.

    • MVVS performance has historically been higher. (Look at performance by Grade)


Reading (ELA) Proficiency – SAU39 by Grade and School Name
Observations:

  • MVVS Reading Proficiency results have been trending down in Grades 3 and 4 over the last two years.

  • MVVS Reading Proficiency results have been significantly outperforming AMS in Grades 5 and 6 over the last three years.

  • AMS Reading Proficiency results in Grade 8 have been particularly low over the past 5 years.


Math Proficiency – by Comparable SAUs / School Type
Observations:

  • Amherst SAU39 Middle and High School Math Proficiency is close to the lowest performer of its peers.

  • Amherst Elementary School students test in the top 25% of thier peers.

  • There seems to be something significant negative happening when students move to the Middle School.


Math Proficiency – SAU39 by School Type and Name
Observations:

  • Both Amherst SAU39 Elementary School (MVVS and C-W) students test in the top 25% of thier peers.

  • Again, there seems to be something significant negative happening when students move to the Middle School.


Math Proficiency – SAU39 by Grade and School Name
Observations:

  • Math Proficiency testing issues seem to begin at AMS 5th Grade.

  • Student Math instruction at SCHS has historically been unable to recover from earlier Proficiency deficits.


NWEA Projections
Observations:

NWEA testing confirms the low NH-DOE test results we have historically seen in Grade 11 Math Proficiency Testing:

  • Only about one third of today’s Amherst SAU Students will be ready to do college-level work in BOTH Reading (ELA) and Math upon graduation from high school.

  • About one third will not be ready to do college-level work in EITHER Reading (ELA) and Math upon graduation from high school.

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