Student Assessment

On both state and national standardized testing measures, Edina students perform well above their peers. As students progress through Edina Public Schools and build cumulative skills, they widen the gap relative to their peers. By 11th grade, Edina students perform up to 20% above MN proficiency rates.

Edina Public Schools has started to see results that indicate a narrowing of the achievement gap. Several student groups as defined by federal No Child Left Behind legislation, including Black, Free-Reduced Price Meal, and Limited English Proficient, have shown double-digit gains in reading proficiency over the last four years. At the same time, overall student performance in reading has remained at or near the top of the state. Some student groups showed smaller gains in math as well. Since this is the first year of the MCA-III math exam, 2011 is considered a baseline year and should not be directly compared to previous year’s math proficiency rates.