2024-2025 Data Newsletter: RUTH ACTY ELEMENTARY - 3x5 Progress and Assessment Highlights

Sep 15, 2026

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2024-2025 Data Newsletter for Ruth Acty Elementary highlights schoolwide and subgroup performance using state and internal data. It summarizes proficiency on State Assessments (ELPI, SBA for ELA and Math, and CAST) and includes non-assessment indicators such as chronic absenteeism. The newsletter explains the district’s “3x5” growth targets—3% annual proficiency increases overall and 5% for focal groups—then reports progress and trend notes for key student populations while observing confidentiality thresholds for reporting groups.

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2024-2025 Data Newsletter Overview

Vision and data sources

3x5 growth targets and confidentiality rules

Demographics (Grades K-5)

State Assessments and Progress

Smarter Balanced Assessment (SBA) - English Language Arts (Grades 3-5)

Smarter Balanced Assessment (SBA) - Math (Grades 3-5)

California Science Test (CAST) - Grade 5

English Learner Progress Indicator (ELPI) - Grades 1-5

2024-2025 Data Newsletter: RUTH ACTY ELEMENTARY 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 (DIBELS & Star) and non-assessment data (like chronic absenteeism) . 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 K-5 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 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | '22-'23 | 395 | 8.6%
(34) | 8.9%
(35) | 15.9%
(63) | 25.8%
(102) | 0.3%
(0) | 40.5%
(160) | 10.6%
(42) | 18.2%
(72) | 5.1%
(20) | 2.5%
(10) | 1.8%
(7) | 0.0%
(0) | 17.5%
(69) | | '23-'24 | 396 | 8.8%
(35) | 8.3%
(33) | 17.2%
(68) | 26.8%
(106) | 0.3%
(1) | 38.6%
(153) | 11.1%
(44) | 18.4%
(73) | 5.1%
(20) | 2.8%
(11) | 0.8%
(3) | 0.3%
(1) | 17.7%
(70) | | '24-'25 | 410 | 8.0%
(33) | 7.6%
(31) | 14.9%
(61) | 27.1%
(111) | 1.0%
(4) | 41.5%
(170) | 9.0%
(37) | 23.7%
(97) | 5.6%
(23) | 2.4%
(10) | 1.5%
(6) | 0.0%
(0) | 23.7%
(97) | What is it? The Demographics table shows our school 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 3-5 | | | | --- | --- | 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 3-5 who showed proficiency (Met or Exceeded Standard) in literacy. Performance Trend Overall 3rd-5th grade proficiency rates remained stable at 85% in 2024-25. Progress towards new 3x5 target Overall, students in Grades 3-5 did not meet the 3% improvement goal in 2024-25. The following focal groups met the 5% improvement goal: Black/African American students (increase of 9%) since 2023-24. | | SMARTER BALANCED ASSESSMENT (SBA) -MATH Grades 3-5 | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | | | | | What is it? The Smarter Balanced Summative Assessment for Math (SBA for Math) is the annual state standardized math test administered each Spring for students in Grades 3-8 and 11. It measures proficiency on the California Co

FAQs

What does the “3x5” target mean for the 2024-25 school year?

The district aims to increase overall proficiency annually by 3% and set an accelerated 5% growth target for focal student groups across content areas. The newsletter uses the 3x5 sections to compare progress against last year’s data.

How is student data reported to protect confidentiality?

Data is reported only for groups of 10 or more students (and 25 or more for CHKS) to align with state reporting guidelines and protect student confidentiality.

Which assessments are included in this newsletter’s achievement overview?

It summarizes state assessments including ELPI, SBA for English Language Arts and Math, and CAST. It also references district internal assessments (DIBELS and Star) and non-assessment data such as chronic absenteeism.

Sep 15, 2026

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