As students wrap up their fall break in Nevada County, state testing results from last spring have been released. That’s for third through eighth graders, as well as 11^th graders. And in the Nevada Joint Union High School District, the percent of 11^th graders scoring Proficient and Advanced for English Language Arts dropped five points from the previous year to 58-percent. It was just two points lower for Math and down just half-a-percent for Science. But District Superintendent Dan Frisella says the scores were pretty well expected…

 

▶00:00 / 00:00🔊

But English Language Art proficiency was nine points higher than the overall statewide rate for all grades.  It was three-points lower for Math. Frisella indicated that the scores are more of a snapshot of progress and don’t have a lot of major value for a student’s future…

 

▶00:00 / 00:00🔊

The state also released graduation rates. And it was 91-percent last spring for the High School District, two points higher than the previous year, and three points higher than the state rate. Meanwhile, in the Grass Valley Elementary School District, 42-percent of students were Proficient and Advanced for English Language Arts, the same as the previous year. Scores were two points lower for Math, at 33-percent.