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Edwardsburg schools present assessment data: literacy gains, rising SATs and expanded AP offerings
Summary
District administrators summarized M-STEP, DIBELS and SAT results and described targeted interventions (success time, focus math, Orton-Gillingham) and growing AP and dual-enrollment participation during a work session; presenters highlighted literacy gains at early grades and a 5-year rebound in SAT scores.
Edwardsburg Public Schools staff used a scheduled work session to review district assessment results and instructional initiatives, highlighting strong early-literacy gains in DIBELS assessments, rising SAT scores at the high school and expanding Advanced Placement participation.
"We have so much to highlight and celebrate about the great work being done by our teachers and students," Staff member Ryan Towner said as he opened the presentation and invited building principals to discuss school-level data. Towner framed the session as a focus on state summative assessments including M-STEP, PSAT, SAT and AP.
At the primary level, Staff member Tracy Spaulding described DIBELS results and the district's emphasis on the five pillars of literacy: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary and comprehension. Spaulding said the district's kindergarten through first-grade DIBELS scores exceeded national norms and showed large year-over-year growth in measures such as nonsense-word fluency and…
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