WASHOUGAL – In June, the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction recognized Canyon Creek Middle School, Columbia River Gorge Elementary School and Washougal Learning Academy for academic growth and closing opportunity gaps in the 2022-23 school year. Canyon Creek is also being honored for fostering student academic growth in the 2021-22 school year.
The Washington School Recognition Program measures growth based on outstanding year-to-year improvement in Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium standardized test proficiency, graduation rates, attendance rates and other student success measurements. Across all Washougal schools in 2022-23, Washougal School District saw year-to-year improvement in 70 percent of the subjects and grades tested in the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium.
Canyon Creek Middle School is one of just 104 Washington schools recognized for both the 2022-23 and 2021-22 academic years. Canyon Creek Middle School was honored for demonstrating substantial improvements for student groups most in need of support. In the 2022-23 school year, Washougal students outperformed the state average in 82 percent of the subjects and grades tested in the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium. Canyon Creek Middle School outperformed the state average in 2022-23 in all three subjects tested: 31.5 percentage points in science, 16 percentage points in English Language Arts and 7.2 percentage points in math.
Canyon Creek Middle School, Columbia River Gorge Elementary School and Washougal Learning Academy will each receive a recognition banner to display in their buildings.
