EPIC Cash Doesn't Solve Falling Test Scores For Blue Valley Schools

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The Blue Valley school district (@bvschools) has seen ACT scores decline over recent years, yet they are flush with cash. Why?

Here are more deets in the only worthwhile column from the newspaper today . . .  

"Data from the Harvard-Stanford Education Recovery Scorecard shows Blue Valley middle-schoolers losing ground on assessment scores compared to the national average. Similarly, an examination of years of district financial reports shows that Blue Valley’s composite ACT scores by graduation year have been trending downward from a high of 25.9 in 2016 to 22.8 in 2024.

"This isn’t a funding problem. All told, Blue Valley is sitting on $315 million in reserves. Nearly a third of that is flexible and available for day-to-day needs. There’s also a $20.3 million contingency fund. Enrollment is flat and property values are up. At some point, caution turns into stockpiling."

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

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