Mancos schools to rethink state testing after low participation
Too few Mancos students took the CMAS exams for the state to calculate a standard performance rating, for the fourth year running.
The Mancos School District is reviewing how it approaches state testing after fewer than a quarter of eligible students took the Colorado Measures of Academic Success (CMAS) exams, KSJD reported.
Because participation was so low, the state did not have enough data to give the district a standard performance rating. Superintendent Audrey Hazleton told the school board at its September 14 meeting that the “insufficient data” designation is not a negative judgment, according to KSJD, but the district has received it every year from 2022 through 2025. It means the district must write action plans and update its Unified Improvement Plan each year.
KSJD reported that the district plans to take up the issue at a professional development day on September 25 and in community conversations in October.
At the same meeting, the board authorized spending $163,000 on an accessible bus, KSJD reported.