vistas Archives - New Mexico Education https://nmeducation.org/tag/vistas/ Your home for all things education in The Land of Enchantment Wed, 21 Aug 2024 15:21:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://nmeducation.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/11-29-2021_NewMexico_NMEducationLogo_V1-08-150x150.png vistas Archives - New Mexico Education https://nmeducation.org/tag/vistas/ 32 32 202004729 NMSU Names Five Finalists for President, Including State Education Secretary Arsenio Romero https://nmeducation.org/nmsu-names-five-finalists-for-president-including-state-education-secretary-arsenio-romero/ Wed, 21 Aug 2024 16:00:00 +0000 https://nmeducation.org/?p=5833 New Mexico State University (NMSU) has narrowed its search for a new president to five finalists, including Arsenio Romero, the current Secretary of the New Mexico Public Education Department (PED).

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]]> 5833 Six years after Yazzie-Martinez Ruling, Gaps Remain https://nmeducation.org/six-years-after-yazzie-martinez-ruling-gaps-remain/ Sat, 10 Aug 2024 15:00:00 +0000 https://nmeducation.org/?p=5816 Filed in 2014 and decided in 2018, the Yazzie-Martinez lawsuit sent ripples through New Mexico’s education system when a district court judge ruled that the state was failing its most at-risk students. Legislators met to discuss efforts to rectify the decision, and found that despite increased funding to education, student achievement gaps in test scores, graduation rates, and college remediation rates remain.

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]]> 5816 New Mexico Legislature Tackles Chronic Absenteeism https://nmeducation.org/new-mexico-legislature-tackles-chronic-absenteeism/ Mon, 05 Aug 2024 21:00:05 +0000 https://nmeducation.org/?p=5800 New Mexico is working to address the high absenteeism rate among public school students. On June 26 lawmakers heard a new joint report from Legislative Education Study Committee and Legislative Finance Committee staff revealing that almost 40 percent of students were chronically absent in the 2022-2023 school year. The report found that absenteeism contributes significantly to lower academic achievement.

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]]> 5800 PED Eliminates “Excellence” Designation in School Accountability System https://nmeducation.org/ped-eliminates-excellence-designation-in-school-accountability-system/ Thu, 18 Jul 2024 23:00:00 +0000 https://nmeducation.org/?p=5796 The New Mexico Public Education Department (PED) reported a 76.7 percent graduation for the class of 2023. There was a significant difference between traditional school students and those whose high school career had a Career Technical Pathway, with those students seeing a 95.77 percent graduation rate. Three school districts in the state far exceeded the state average: Bernalillo Public Schools, Gadsden Independent Schools, and Bloomfield Public Schools.

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]]> 5796 School Designations Updated After Review Found Accountability Failures https://nmeducation.org/school-designations-updated-after-review-found-accountability-failures/ Mon, 24 Jun 2024 23:00:00 +0000 https://nmeducation.org/?p=5766 The New Mexico Public Education Department (PED) revised 2022-23 school designations to correct significant errors and realign its accountability calculations with federal obligations, following a U.S. Department of Education site monitoring visit that revealed significant issues. This decision, prompted by an unprecedented volume of appeals and an internal review, aims to ensure accurate school assessments and provide targeted support for under performing schools.

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]]> 5766 Literacy Rates Climb as Math Falls in New Mexico https://nmeducation.org/literacy-rates-climb-as-math-falls-in-new-mexico/ Thu, 02 Nov 2023 01:51:23 +0000 https://nmeducation.org/?p=5263 The 2022-2023 assessment results for New Mexico released by the NMPED earlier today reveal a varied educational landscape for New Mexico students. While literacy rates reported by the NMPED showed a promising increase of four percent, with 38 percent of students now proficient in English Language Arts, mathematics proficiency experienced a concerning decline, dropping by one percent to 24 percent proficiency. This trend was reflected across various demographics, with notable gains in ELA proficiency among Hispanic, Black, Asian, and Native American students, but a significant decrease among White students. Conversely, mathematics proficiency remained stagnant or decreased across all groups, except for a slight increase among Asian students. Significant data issues remain and continue to create confusion in determining overall statewide performance comparisons.

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]]> 5263 Where Are the Scores? https://nmeducation.org/where-are-the-scores/ Tue, 31 Oct 2023 00:37:06 +0000 https://nmeducation.org/?p=5253 Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham claimed a 4.3 percent increase in literacy rates at a September literacy conference in New Mexico, but no evidence of this improvement has been made public. Meanwhile, the state's graduation rates for 2022 showed a slight decline. New Mexico has a history of testing disruptions, including the discontinuation of the PARCC test in 2019, a federal waiver in 2020 due to COVID-19, and limited testing in 2021. The state introduced the New Mexico Measures of Student Success and Achievement (NM-MSSA) in 2022. New Mexico is the only state in the region that has not released student assessment data for 2023.

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]]> 5253 New Mexico Graduation Rates Show Slight Dip in 2022 https://nmeducation.org/new-mexico-graduation-rates-show-slight-dip-in-2022/ Fri, 20 Oct 2023 21:00:00 +0000 https://nmeducation.org/?p=5248 The New Mexico Public Education Department released graduation data for the class of 2022. The data shows a slight decline in the overall graduation rate to 76 percent, down from 76.8 percent in 2021. Gender disparities persisted, with females graduating at 80 percent and males at 73 percent. Ethnic and racial differences were evident, with Asian students graduating at the highest rate at 88 percent, while African American students graduated at a rate of 70 percent. Economically disadvantaged students graduated at a rate of 72 percent, and students with disabilities graduated at 67 percent. English Language Learners graduated at a rate of 76 percent while homeless students had a much lower rate of graduating at 61 percent. Compared to 2021, the overall graduation rate dropped by 0.8 percentage points, and gender disparities remained consistent.

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