Students earning top gains in the district honored at Academic Growth Award recognition event

The Anoka-Hennepin School Board has a tradition of recognizing the academic, athletic and artistic accomplishments of students. Over time, the School Board began having conversations on ways to celebrate additional “wins” for students as a way to recognize focused and intentional work made by students and their support systems to improve.

The district gathered data using the Measures of Academic Progress (MAP), Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment (MCA), CogAT and ACCESS tests to identify the top five percent of students that made significant growth over the past school year in the areas of math, reading, and language acquisition. Growth was measured by comparing performance on two of the same assessments in any of the three examined areas. These students are awarded certificates at the school level, and those with the highest growth at each school were invited for School Board recognition at the Academic Growth Recognition events in March.

“Students recognized at these events have demonstrated the highest level of growth in their academic area for their entire school, and that is an accomplishment to celebrate,” said Cory McIntyre, superintendent of Anoka-Hennepin Schools.

Students identified at Andover, Anoka and Champlin Park-area elementary and middle schools, and River Trail Learning Center were recognized Tuesday, March 3 at Anoka High School.

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View photos from the event on March 3 at Anoka High School.

Students identified at Blaine and Coon Rapids-area elementary and middle schools and Compass programs will be recognized Wednesday, March 25 at Blaine High School.

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View photos from the event on March 25 at Blaine High School.