Davenport presents mixed spring results, cites curriculum "implementation dip" and plans multi-year supports

Davenport Community School District leaders told the school board they saw modest gains on some state tests but widespread evidence that the district is still below where it wants to be, and that recent curriculum changes have produced a temporary “implementation dip.” Diane (staff member) told the board the district reduced chronic absenteeism from 38% in 2023–24 to 27.6% in 2024–25 and said buildings would continue targeted monitoring and supports. "We decreased chronic absenteeism from 38 percent in 'twenty three-'twenty four school year to 27.6 percent in the 'twenty four, 'twenty five school year," Diane said.

The presentation combined multiple literacy and math measures — FAST CBM (K–5 literacy screener), HMH and Amplify curriculum-aligned screeners, MAP growth measures, and ISASP summative results for grades 3–11 — and proposed a year-by-year cadence of reporting to the board. Bonnie (program director) and colleagues framed…