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Alma School District presents ATLAS assessment results; highlights growth and warns of new third‑grade promotion rule
Summary
Superintendent Dr. Wood reviewed ATLAS assessment results showing mixed letter grades across Alma School District schools, recognized statewide growth awards, reported a 98.25% cohort graduation rate, and outlined the state's new third‑grade promotion requirement for students who score level 1 in reading.
Doctor Wood, superintendent of the Alma School District, told the school board the district's ATLAS assessment data show mixed letter grades across buildings but notable student growth and a high graduation rate.
"Level 2 does mean students are on grade level," Doctor Wood said, explaining the assessment's four-level descriptors and how the state counts only levels 3 and 4 as proficiency for letter grades.
The report said the district's primary school and intermediate school each received a C under the state system, the middle school received an A, and the high school's grade was corrected upward after the state fixed course-code errors that had undercounted certain CTE completers. Doctor Wood said the district's cohort on-time graduation rate was 98.25 percent.
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