2023-2024 Data Newsletter - LONGFELLOW MIDDLE - 3x5 Targets and Assessment Results

Sep 15, 2026

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2023-2024 Data Newsletter highlights LONGFELLOW MIDDLE within Berkeley Unified School District, emphasizing academic excellence, equity, engagement, and enrichment. The newsletter summarizes key school-level data points, including State Assessments (ELPI, SBA, and CAST), district internal assessments (STAR), and non-assessment indicators such as chronic absenteeism and suspension. It details the district’s 3x5 growth targets, explains data privacy reporting thresholds, and presents subgroup demographics and assessment proficiency trends from 2021-22 through 2023-24.

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Demographics

Grades 6-8

Smarter Balanced Assessment (SBA) - English Language Arts

Performance trend and 3x5 progress

Smarter Balanced Assessment (SBA) - Math

Performance trend and 3x5 progress

California Science Test (CAST) - Grade 8

Performance trend and 3x5 progress

English Learner Progress Indicator (ELPI) - Grades 6-8

2023-2024 Data Newsletter: LONGFELLOW MIDDLE Berkeley Unified School District: Excellence, Equity, Engagement and Enrichment Enable and inspire our diverse student body to achieve academic excellence and make positive contributions to our world. This newsletter provides a high level glance of various data points for our school. It summarizes multiple measures including State Assessments (ELPI, SBA & CAST), district internal assessments (Star) and non-assessment data (like chronic absenteeism and suspension) . 3x5 targets: BUSD has set a “3x5” growth target for the 2024-25 school year and beyond. Our goal is to increase proficiency annually by 3% for all students, with an accelerated target of 5% growth for focal student groups, across all content areas. It is important to note that the 3x5 sections below are intended to check how close we came to this new target with last year’s data. To protect student confidentiality and align with state reporting guidelines, data is reported for groups of 10 or more students (25 or more for CHKS) . Overall District level data can be found on the BREA website page. Individual school newsletters can be found on the school website pages. Follow link to your school here: [https://www.berkeleyschools.net/schools/](https://www.berkeleyschools.net/schools/) DEMOGRAPHICS Grades 6-8 Program abbreviations key: EL (English Learner), SED (Socio-Economically Disadvantaged), SpEd (Special Education), McKinney Vento (students experiencing housing insecurity) Race/ethnicity note: “Other” includes Filipino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and students who did not report a race or ethnicity. | Year | Total | Asian | Black/ AA | His/ Latinx | Multi Ethnic | Other | White | SPED | SED | EL | His/Latx EL | McKinney Vento | Foster Youth | Free/Red. Lunch | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | '21-'22 | 468 | 6.8%
(32) | 24.8%
(116) | 44.2%
(207) | 8.1%
(38) | 1.5%
(7) | 14.5%
(68) | 16.7%
(78) | 63.0%
(295) | 14.5%
(68) | 9.6%
(45) | 3.2%
(15) | 0.6%
(3) | 60.0%
(281) | | '22-'23 | 451 | 6.9%
(31) | 23.5%
(106) | 40.1%
(181) | 10.0%
(45) | 1.8%
(8) | 17.7%
(80) | 17.5%
(79) | 51.7%
(233) | 8.2%
(37) | 6.0%
(27) | 4.7%
(21) | 0.7%
(3) | 49.0%
(221) | | '23-'24 | 442 | 6.3%
(28) | 19.5%
(86) | 39.4%
(174) | 10.2%
(45) | 1.6%
(7) | 23.1%
(102) | 19.2%
(85) | 45.9%
(203) | 4.1%
(18) | 2.9%
(13) | 1.6%
(7) | 0.2%
(1) | 46.4%
(205) | What is it? The Demographics table shows our school’s enrollment by race/ethnicity and program as of October each year. The number in parentheses represents the number of students in each subgroup. SMARTER BALANCED ASSESSMENT (SBA) -ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS Grades 6-8 | | | | --- | --- | What is it? The Smarter Balanced Summative Assessment for English Language Arts (SBA for ELA) is the annual state standardized literacy test administered each Spring to students in Grades 3-8 and 11. It measures proficiency on the California Common Core State Literacy (Reading and Writing) Standards. The charts above show the percentage of students in Grades 6-8 who showed proficiency (Met or Exceeded Standard) in literacy. Performance Trend At Longfellow, the proficiency rate on the SBA for ELA increased from 47% to 54% from 22-23 to 23-24. Progress towards new 3x5 target Longfellow students met the 3% improvement goal in 2023-24. The following focal group met the 5% improvement goal: Socioeconomically Disadvantaged students increased by 6%, Latinx students and students qualifying for Free/Reduced lunch nearly met the improvement goal by increasing proficiency rates by 4% . | SMARTER BALANCED ASSESSMENT (SBA) -MATH Grades 6-8 | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | | | | | | | | | | What is it? The Smarter Balanced Summative Assessment for Math

FAQs

What does the newsletter report for LONGFELLOW MIDDLE, and why?

It provides a high-level glance of school data points, covering state assessments, district internal assessments, and non-assessment indicators. The focus is on enabling and inspiring students to reach academic excellence and contribute positively.

What is the 3x5 growth target and how is progress checked?

The 3x5 target aims to increase proficiency annually by 3% for all students, with an accelerated 5% growth target for focal student groups across content areas. The 3x5 sections compare how closely last year’s results matched the new target.

How is student confidentiality handled in the reported data?

Data is reported for student groups of 10 or more, and 25 or more for CHKS, aligning with state reporting guidelines to protect confidentiality.

Sep 15, 2026

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