Carroll County Schools has seen a second year of growth on its Kentucky Summative Assessment (KSA) scores, one of the primary sources used to monitor growth in a school district.
“We are very excited with the academic progress we are making in each of our schools. We have many areas to celebrate this year and we are proud of the hard work our staff has put into making this happen,” said Assistant Superintendent/Chief Academic Officer Jonica Ray.
The scores were shared with staff members in all buildings on October 1, but were not released publicly until today. Each school celebrated their successes with cake provided by the district.
KSA is the annual summative assessment given in grades 3 through 8, 10 and 11 to Kentucky public school students. KSA provides content area assessments, including reading and mathematics (grades 3 through 8 and 10), science (grades 4, 7, 11), on-demand writing and editing and mechanics (grades 5, 8, 11), and social studies (grades 5, 8, 11).
These assessments are Kentucky’s measure of student proficiency and progress on the state academic content standards. These standards establish goals for what all students should know and be able to do in each grade.
The district has made significant changes in recent years to its curriculum, instruction and intervention processes. All of these have fueled the positive growth seen in Carroll County Schools.
“We have a school system full of dedicated adults who put in a lot of hard work each day to help our students be successful,” Ray said. “We are also very appreciative of how hard our students are working and the support of our parents and community.”
Each school is assigned a color ranking based on a formula by the Kentucky Department of Education. Red is the lowest followed by orange, yellow, green and blue is the highest. Cartmell Elementary maintained its color ranking of orange, Carroll County Middle School moved from red to orange and Carroll County High School maintained its color ranking of yellow. The detailed results can be viewed at Open House - Kentucky Department of Education.
“It is very exciting to see the success of our students, faculty and staff and community on this single measurement of what is happening in Carroll County,” added Carroll County Schools Superintendent Casey Jaynes. “All of the curriculum, instruction, and assessment systems are working for our students. Our progress monitoring systems that we use to ensure that the curriculum is implemented with fidelity has been paying off these last two years. This growth shows that we are on our way to a top 10 district in the Commonwealth.”