HIGH POINT, Mo. - The Moniteau County R-3 School District continues to move onward as a fully accredited K-8 school, according to the state of Missouri's latest accountability measures for education.
The district earned 49.5 out of 70 total possible - 70.7 percent - on the Missouri School Improvement Programs 2014 annual performance report. Last year, the district earned 66.5 of 80 points for a score of 83.1 percent.
Superintendent Stan Elliott said of the scores, "We are not happy with this year's score because we know it is not a true reflection of how well High Point students can achieve academically. No excuses, but we consider three factors in the scores. First, we have introduced a new curriculum and mathematics series in 2013-14 and are introducing a new reading series in 2014-15. Research shows that when major changes occur it can take up to three years to show the improvement.
"Second, the academic achievement scores for last year actually stayed the same for all areas except subgroup achievements and this is the group change affects most. Third, our subgroups are so small; the score is an average over more than one year, so all the loss wasn't just last year. On the positive side, third-grade achievement dropped across the state of Missouri, but at High Point, third grade along with attendance was our most improved performance."
This year, the district saw a decline in academic achievement when the score in the category of subgroup achievement fell from 75 percent to 58.3 percent.
When the students take the MAP exams their performances are categorized in four ways: "Advanced", "Proficient", "Basic", and "Below Basic".
In English/language arts, High Point students scored 15 of 16 points for 93.8 percent. The subgroup achievement in this area was only 50 percent.
In mathematics, students scored nine of 16 points for 56.3 percent; the subgroup achievement in this area was only 50 percent.
Introductory article:
State's MSIP 5 ranks performance, progress of 21 area schools
How 21 Mid-Missouri school districts fared:
- Blair Oaks School District MSIP
- Cole County R-1 School District MSIP
- Cole County R-5 School District MSIP
- Eldon R-1 School District MSIP
- Fulton Public Schools MSIP
- High Point R-3 School District MSIP
- Jamestown C-1 School District MSIP
- Jefferson City Public Schools MSIP
- Miller County R-3 School District MSIP
- Moniteau County R-1 School District MSIP
- Morgan County R-2 School District MSIP
- New Bloomfield R-3 School District MSIP
- North Callaway R-1 School District MSIP
- Osage County R-1 School District MSIP
- Osage County R-2 School District MSIP
- Osage County R-3 School District MSIP
- Prairie Home R-5 School District MSIP
- St. Elizabeth R-4 School District MSIP
- School of the Osage R-2 School District MSIP
- South Callaway R-2 School District MSIP
- Southern Boone School District MSIP