Annual Education Report
February 26, 2026
Dear Parents and Community Members:
We are pleased to present you with the Annual Education Report (AER), which provides key information on the 2024-25 educational progress Carman-Ainsworth Community Schools. The AER addresses the complex reporting information required by federal and state laws. If you have any questions about the AER, please contact Dr. Adrienne Nathan, Assistant Superintendent, at 810-591-8246 for assistance.
The district AER is available for you to review electronically or you may review a copy in the main office at your child’s school. Each school will also be communicating their own AER to parents directly.
These reports contain the following information:
School Accountability Data
- Includes information on schools’ performance on various measures such as student proficiency and growth on state assessments, graduation, and attendance rates. Performance is measured on 0-100 index scales
- Reports schools identified under three federally required categories for further support: Comprehensive Support and Improvement, Targeted Support and Improvement, and Additional Targeted Support
Student Assessment Data
- Includes the following three assessments: M-STEP (Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress), MI-Access (Alternate Assessment), and College Board SAT
- Presents assessment information for English language arts and mathematics for grades 3 to 8 and 11, and MI-Access science for grades 5, 8, and 11, compared to state averages for all students as well as subgroups of students
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Data
- Provides state results of the national assessment in mathematics and reading every other year in grades 4 and 8
Educator Qualification Data
- Identifies the number and percentage of inexperienced teachers, principals, and other school leaders
- Reports teachers who are teaching with emergency or provisional credentials
- Includes teachers who are not teaching in the subject or field for which they are certified
Civil Rights Data
- Provides information on school quality, climate, and safety
Please review the table below listing our schools. For the 2025-26 school year, schools were identified based on previous years’ performance using definitions and labels as required in the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). A Targeted Support and Improvement (TSI) school is one that had at least one underperforming student group in 2024-25. An Additional Targeted Support (ATS) school is one that had at least one student group performing at the same level as the lowest 5% of all schools in the state in 2021-22. A Comprehensive Support and Improvement (CSI) school is one whose performance was in the lowest 5% of all schools in the state, had a graduation rate at or below 67%, failed to exit CSI status in 2024-25, or failed to exit ATS status in 2021-22. Some schools are not identified with any of these labels. In these cases, no status label is given.
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School Name |
Status Label |
Key Initiative to Accelerate Achievement |
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Dillon Elementary Dye Elementary Randels Elementary Rankin Elementary |
No Label |
*Aligned curriculum with pacing guides to ensure consistency in what is taught and assessed across the district *School Improvement Plan aligned with District School Improvement Plan that follows the Michigan Continuous Improvement Process *Professional Learning Communities established to share and implement best practices for student learning *Comprehensive Tiered Response to Intervention System *Instructional Coach/Reading Interventionist *After school support *Culturally Proficient Instruction & Seeking Educational Equity and Diversity (SEED) Professional Development *Restorative Practice |
|
Carman-Ainsworth Middle School |
ATS |
*Aligned curriculum with common assessments to ensure consistency in what is taught and assessed across the district *School Improvement Plan aligned with District School Improvement Plan that follows the Michigan Continuous Improvement Process *Professional Learning Communities established to share and implement best practices for student learning *Comprehensive Tiered Response to Intervention System *Instructional Coach/Reading Interventionist *Adolescent Accelerated Reading Initiative *After school support *Culturally Proficient Instruction *Restorative Practices |
|
Carman-Ainsworth High School |
No Label |
*School Improvement Plan aligned with District School Improvement Plan that follows the Michigan Continuous Improvement Process *Professional Learning Communities established to share and implement best practices for student learning *Comprehensive Tiered Response to Intervention System *Instructional Coach/Reading Interventionist *Adolescent Accelerated Reading Initiative *ACT Success Workshop *After school support *Culturally Proficient Instruction *Restorative Practices |
|
Atlantis Alternative High School |
No Label |
*School Improvement Plan aligned with District School Improvement Plan with a focus on building academic vocabulary this school year *Professional Learning Communities established to share and implement best practices for student learning *Accelerated learning opportunities for credit recovery *Reading/Math Interventionist * Culturally Proficient Instruction * Restorative Practices |
As an entire district, we are proud of the academic achievement of our students, and the strategies and initiatives that ensure students are learning at their highest capacity. Literally hundreds of adults in our school system, thousands of parents and guardians, and the entire community must work to assure that every student is able to meet their full potential academically, socially, and emotionally. I want to personally thank all of those who work tirelessly to support our students! We invite all parents to join us in our pursuit of excellence and progress in our District Vision: “Working Together to Guarantee Learning for Every Student.”
Sincerely,
Adrienne J. Nathan, Ed.D.
Assistant Superintendent