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A working readout of last year's state testing, pulled from Vada's 2026 assessment deck (AASA, AzSCI, ACT Aspire, ACT, AP). Use it to ground your grade-level conversation in real results before you plan. The grade-by-grade graphs live in the full deck, linked at the bottom.

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Middle School, Grades 6 to 8 (AASA + AzSCI)

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The headline: MTSS is working. Even with more students in the mix, proficiency rose 1.16%, growth rose 3.53%, and total points earned climbed 2.75.

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What is strong

• Literacy achievement across all three grades.
• Positive growth trends.
• Higher overall achievement points.
• Intervention systems that are actually moving students.

Where we need to target

• Math readiness and foundational skills.
• Students stuck at "approaching proficiency" who need to reach "proficient."
• Scientific reasoning and application before students hit high school.

Worth knowing (correlations from the data)

• Strong readers tend to perform across every content area.
• The growth numbers suggest MTSS supports are speeding learning up, not just maintaining status quo.

See it in the data

Middle School total score climbing after MTSS implementation, 2022 to 2025

2025 AASA percent proficient by grade: Math, ELA, Science

Longitudinal AASA pass rates 2022 to 2025 (state rates in parentheses)

Math 2025 performance bands by grade