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Board hears start-of-year assessment data; district staff urge patience on long-term curriculum effects
Summary
Derby Public Schools staff presented beginning-of-year and state assessment results, showing mixed outcomes across grade levels and subjects and noting that some curriculum changes take multiple years to show effects.
Assistant Superintendent Holly Putnam Jackson presented a beginning-of-year data and state assessment report on Oct. 13, outlining early results from district screening tools (Ready Reading and Ready Math), the new Kansas state assessment levels, and comparisons with state and national norms.
Putnam Jackson said district elementary third graders scored higher than the state average on the new Kansas assessment, with about 57% of Derby students at the top two performance levels compared with a 53% state average; district students were also…
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