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Test scores

ISASP, SY 2024-25

All grades, all students. % Proficient.
English Language Arts
39.1%
State avg 73.6%
District avg 58.3%
County avg 64.3%
+5.8pp since 2023-24
Mathematics
20.8%
State avg 70.9%
District avg 56.6%
County avg 61.2%
-4.2pp since 2023-24
Science
25.0%
State avg 67.2%
District avg 52.2%
County avg 57.5%

By grade, SY 2024-25

School score vs state average per tested grade.
GradeEnglish Language ArtsMathematicsScience
SchoolStaten testedSchoolStaten testedSchoolStaten tested
Grade 1045.5%74.9%1133.3%68.2%1225.0%66.9%12
Grade 1133.3%69.4%128.3%65.8%12N/AN/AN/A

2-year history

All grades, all students. Marshalltown Virtual Academy   Iowa avg

English Language Arts

73332023-2474392024-25
YearSchoolDistrictCountyState
SY 2024-2539.1%58.3%64.3%73.6%
SY 2023-2433.3%58.9%64.7%72.7%

Mathematics

70252023-2471212024-25
YearSchoolDistrictCountyState
SY 2024-2520.8%56.6%61.2%70.9%
SY 2023-2425.0%57.0%61.6%69.8%

Science

67252024-25
YearSchoolDistrictCountyState
SY 2024-2525.0%52.2%57.5%67.2%
SY 2023-24N/A43.2%48.7%61.5%

How to read these scores

What is ISASP?
ISASP is the statewide standardized test administered by Iowa public schools.
What does "% Proficient" mean?
It is the share of students at the school who performed at grade level or above on the test, summed across the top two of four performance levels. A higher number is better.
What does 39.1% mean for English Language Arts at Marshalltown Virtual Academy?
It means about 39.1 percent of students tested at Marshalltown Virtual Academy performed at grade level or above on the ISASP English Language Arts test in 2024-25. The statewide average for Iowa that year was 73.6%. The other students fell into the lower performance levels.
How is the state average calculated?
It is a weighted average, not a simple average of each school's number. We multiply each public school's score by how many of its students tested, add those together for all schools in Iowa, and divide by the total students tested that year. This way a big school with 1,500 students counts more than a small school with 50 students, which is the right way to ask "how did the typical student do this year?". District and county averages on this page use the same method, just scoped to that district or county.
Where does this data come from?
Iowa Department of Education, Iowa State Assessment of Student Progress (ISASP). School-level data by grade and subject from educate.iowa.gov. Headline metric is the cumulative "Proficient" rate (Proficient + Advanced, top 2 of 3 ISASP levels).
How often is it updated?
ISASP is administered once a year (spring). Results are released by the state in the summer or early fall. We refresh this page after each annual release.

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