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Task Number Two
A:RESTATEMENT:
On the MAP test in 2023, only 32% of African American students and 44% of
students from low-income families scored proficient or advanced. Only 32% of African
American students scored proficient or advanced on the Math portion of the MAP test.
There are 2,675 third through eighth graders in the Waynesville R-6 School District,
making 5,848 pupils throughout all school levels (DESE, 2022). All children in third through
eighth grades make up the participant group for this data analysis and focus because the Missouri
Assessment Program, or MAP testing conducted annually for the Missouri Department of
Education, is targeted at these grade levels.
Despite the fact that "Students are making more academic progress from one grade to the
next compared to students at other schools in the state and strong progress with high test scores
means students have strong academic skills and are making bigger gains than their peers at other
schools in the state" (Great Schools, 2022), the performance of the low-income student
population as well as African American students in the Waynesville School District is lower
than that of their peers across the entire district. As a result, students eligible for free or reduced
lunch and African American students will be examined as subgroups of students.
According to Great Schools 2022, only 32% of African American students in the
Waynesville R-6 School District received proficient or advanced scores on the Math portion of
the MAP test. Compared to their white, Latino, multiracial, and Pacific Islander peers, this
average is about 20% lower. According to Great Schools 2022, 51.5 percent of these peers'
population scores proficient or advanced on average.
, The second subgroup of data will be students with low incomes. On the Map Math
section in 2022, 44% of students from low-income families scored proficient or advanced. On
Task Number Two
A:RESTATEMENT:
On the MAP test in 2023, only 32% of African American students and 44% of
students from low-income families scored proficient or advanced. Only 32% of African
American students scored proficient or advanced on the Math portion of the MAP test.
There are 2,675 third through eighth graders in the Waynesville R-6 School District,
making 5,848 pupils throughout all school levels (DESE, 2022). All children in third through
eighth grades make up the participant group for this data analysis and focus because the Missouri
Assessment Program, or MAP testing conducted annually for the Missouri Department of
Education, is targeted at these grade levels.
Despite the fact that "Students are making more academic progress from one grade to the
next compared to students at other schools in the state and strong progress with high test scores
means students have strong academic skills and are making bigger gains than their peers at other
schools in the state" (Great Schools, 2022), the performance of the low-income student
population as well as African American students in the Waynesville School District is lower
than that of their peers across the entire district. As a result, students eligible for free or reduced
lunch and African American students will be examined as subgroups of students.
According to Great Schools 2022, only 32% of African American students in the
Waynesville R-6 School District received proficient or advanced scores on the Math portion of
the MAP test. Compared to their white, Latino, multiracial, and Pacific Islander peers, this
average is about 20% lower. According to Great Schools 2022, 51.5 percent of these peers'
population scores proficient or advanced on average.
, The second subgroup of data will be students with low incomes. On the Map Math
section in 2022, 44% of students from low-income families scored proficient or advanced. On
