CCR-1 School District Receives MAP/EOC Data

The Crawford County R-1 School District provided its 2023 Missouri Assessment Program (MAP) and end-of-course (EOC) scores during the Sept. 21 board meeting.

Students in third through eighth grade take MAP assessments in English Language Arts (ELA) and mathematics each year.

Students in fifth and eighth grade are assessed in science.

Student performance is reported in terms of Below Basic, Basic, Proficient and Advanced.

Those scoring at proficient and advanced are considered to have mastered the skills and processes in the Missouri Learning Standards.

Superintendent Cole Byassee told the board he believes the district is heading in the right direction.

“We have some holes and gaps to fill, but I’m encouraged by what we have coming to the high school,” Byassee said.

BES

The elementary school saw third and fourth graders have a lower rate of students scoring Below Basic than the state average.

In areas for improvement, the district must have “effective instructional strategies and data driven decision making” to increase ELA and math scores above the state average.

In 2023, 30.7 percent of third graders at BES scored proficient and advanced in ELA. 

The state average was 42 percent.

BES third graders haven’t scored above the state average since 2019.

In math, only 16.9 percent of third graders were proficient or advanced, compared to a 41 percent state average.

In fourth grade ELA, 41.7 percent of Bourbon students scored proficient and advanced, compared to 45 percent statewide.

Only 29.2 percent of fourth graders were proficient and advanced, while the state average is 44 percent.

BMS

All grades scored above the state average in ELA and were below the state average for Below Basic.

Sixth through eighth graders were above the state average in math and below the state average for below basic.

Fifth and eighth grade students were above the state average in science.

More than 56 percent of fifth graders were proficient and advanced in ELA, 37 percent in math and 60 percent in science.

More than 44 percent of sixth graders were proficient and advanced in ELA and 47 percent in math.

Nearly 80 percent of seventh graders were proficient and advanced in ELA, which was more than double the state average.

No students were Below Basic.

In math, 58 percent of seventh graders were proficient and advanced in math, compared to 40 percent across the state.

More than 54 percent of eighth grade students were proficient and advanced in ELA, while the state average was 43 percent.

More than 58 percent were proficient and advanced in math. The state average was 40 percent.

In science, 52.7 percent were proficient and advanced, compared to 38 percent in the state.

BHS

In English 2, 43 percent of sophomores were proficient and advanced, compared to 55 percent in the state.

Only 10 percent scored proficient and advanced in Algebra I. The state average is 42 percent.

Fifty-two percent scored Below Basic.

In Biology I, 35 percent were proficient and advanced, compared to 39 percent across the state.

Algebra I “continues to struggle” according to the district’s report. Instructional changes have been made that the school says will yield better results.