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Rock Springs district posts statewide top growth in ELA and science; math performance lags in middle and high school
Summary
Trustees heard district assessment results showing large year‑to‑year gains in English language arts and science — including state-leading one‑year growth in some grades — while math scores fell in junior high and early high school. District leaders outlined targeted interventions and new screening tools to address math gaps.
Rock Springs — Rock Springs School District trustees on Sept. 8 heard assessment results showing pronounced one‑year gains in English language arts (ELA) and science but continuing declines in math scores beginning in junior high. Superintendent Libby told the board the district ranked third in the state for one‑year growth in ELA among large districts and was first in the state for one‑year growth in science. Libby said ninth‑ and tenth‑grade ELA showed especially large gains: “ninth grade went from 43 to 52” and “tenth grade, 29 to 40,” while third grade ELA rose from about 42.8 to 50 in the most recent year. “In science, we were number 1 in the state for one year…
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