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Board sets revised interim targets for third‑grade reading and first‑grade cohort
Summary
Trustees approved the Goal 4 progress monitoring report on third‑grade reading and adopted revised interim targets for measures 4.2 (first–third grade fluency) and 4.3 (first‑grade early reading composite), after staff presented pretest results and a set of instructional inputs.
The Creighton Elementary School District Governing Board on Oct. 21 approved its Goal 4 progress monitoring report, which centers on increasing reading proficiency for third graders, and adopted revised interim measures for measures 4.2 and 4.3 following staff presentations of fall pretest data.
Why it matters: Third‑grade reading proficiency is a key district goal tied to long‑term student outcomes; trustees and staff framed the changes as part of a multi‑year push to align benchmarks more closely with the Arizona state test (AASA) and to intensify early literacy supports.
Coordinator Sarah Beth George and other literacy staff presented pretest data and explained the three interim measures for Goal 4. The district’s 2028 target for third‑grade…
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