Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
CASD director: only half of third- and fifth‑grade students meet proficiency targets; reading, math and school consolidation are priorities
Summary
Drew Nelson, CASD director of elementary education, told the board the district has three strategic goals — reading by the end of third grade, math fluency by fifth grade and successful consolidation of five elementary schools — and laid out metrics and interventions after presenting data showing roughly half of students are not meeting targets.
Drew Nelson, director of elementary education for the Chambersburg Area School District (CASD), told the school board on Oct. 13 that the district’s top elementary priorities this year are ensuring students read by the end of third grade, building math fluency by the end of fifth grade, and managing the planned consolidation of five elementary schools.
Nelson said the district has identified explicit metrics for reading and math and is expanding interventions and staffing to meet them. "Our 3 strategic goals are reading by the end of third grade, fluency in math by the end of fifth grade, and successful building consolidation," Nelson said.
The metrics Nelson described for reading require students to meet two of three benchmarks: an end‑of‑year Acadience reading composite at or above benchmark, a MAP projected PSSA proficiency rating of proficient or advanced, and a proficient or advanced score on the third‑grade PSSA. Using those measures, he said, 46% of CASD third‑grade students met the reading goal…
Already have an account? Log in
Subscribe to keep reading
Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.
- Unlimited articles
- AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
- Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
- Follow topics and more locations
- 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
