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Star Valley district reports gains on district assessments, leads state in ELA
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District presenters told the school board that Star Valley students showed year-over-year growth on district assessments and ranked among the top Wyoming districts in English language arts, while administrators explained differences between local screeners and state YTOP results.
Star Valley School District officials told the Board of Trustees on Sept. 10 that students posted gains on district assessments this year and that the district ranks among the state leaders in English language arts. Presenters said district assessments and state accountability tests measure different depths of skill, and the district’s results show improvement across multiple measures. The district’s internal assessments show strong early reading performance: presenters said the district’s kindergarten-through-third-grade screeners indicated roughly 94% of students at grade level or higher in decoding and fluency. But on the state standardized accountability test known as YTOP, districtwide English language arts proficiency was 72.4% last year, officials…
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