Simsbury reports gains on state tests as district rolls out new K–5 reading program
District officials told the Board of Education that elementary and some middle‑school cohorts posted gains on Smarter Balanced, NGSS and SAT measures after two years of curricular change; officials stressed continuing interventions and said more analysis is under way for a weaker eighth‑grade science cohort.
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Simsbury Board of Education officials on Sept. 9 reported measurable gains on standardized measures following the district’s recent curricular shifts, while urging continued focus on intervention for specific cohorts. District staff said elementary ELA and math scores rose after two years of implementing district curricula, and the current senior class showed nearly 10 percentage points of growth on SAT results compared with their PSAT scores.
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