Final test results were released for the 2022-2023 California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP), and the numbers do not lie: It’s better than the year before, but it’s still not good.
Santa Barbara Unified’s final scores were 50.08 percent meeting or exceeding the standard for English language arts (ELA) and 38.1 percent for mathematics across all grades. Those numbers changed only slightly from the preliminary data in September .
The district is still hovering above statewide averages, which were 46.66 percent in ELA and 34.62 percent in math. In Santa Barbara County, districts averaged 39.17 percent in ELA and 28.44 percent in math.