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NewsEastern Carver County Schools continue to outperform state MCA II averagesThe 2009 Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment II (MCA II) results show students in Eastern Carver County Schools out performing state averages at every grade level. The MCA II tests measure student proficiency in meeting high rigorous standards in math and reading. In math, 76 percent of Eastern Carver County students scored at or above proficiency in state standards compared to this year's state average of 62.3 percent. In reading, 83.1 percent of Eastern Carver County students scored at or above proficiency in state standards compared to state reading average for 2009, 72 percent. Eastern Carver County scores held fairly constant from last year's results in which 76 percent of students met or exceeded proficiency in math and 82 in reading. Particularly notable in this year's results was the 7.5% increase in 8th graders who met or exceeded proficiency in math. State assessments are one of several resources District 112 teachers use to review student performance and refine curriculum and classroom instruction. The MCAII results will be used by the state to assign schools to the list of schools that do not make the state's Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) marker. This is a component of the federal "No Child Left Behind" law which mandates that every child in American public schools will be proficient in math and reading by 2014. The Minnesota Department of Education expects the number of schools not making this marker will increase this year as the rate of improvement increases. The following chart compares district/state results by grade level. 
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