District reports AGR (achievement gap reduction) results and explains AIMSweb screening

Curtis presented the district’s twice‑annual Achievement Gap Reduction (AGR) update, describing submitted plans and screening results. He said the district maintains kindergarten through third‑grade class size caps (18:1) as part of AGR/SAGE programming and that a schoolboard summary version of the DPI submission is available for review.

Curtis said the district recently adopted aimsweb as a universal screener and is still learning the tool. Staff use percentile benchmarks and national growth rates to interpret student movement; for AGR reporting the district is monitoring whether students meet or exceed the 51st percentile in national growth benchmarks. He described how a student can move from a low percentile to a higher percentile without necessarily meeting the 51st percentile national benchmark and said staff track multiple indicators to capture meaningful gains.

Curtis and board members discussed supports for students below the 20th percentile, including weekly personalized reading plans (PRPs), progress monitoring and involvement of learning support teachers (LSTs). Curtis said the district has increased focus on fluency practice, target time groups, and data binders as part of intervention and monitoring.

Board members asked for comparative historic AGR/AIMSweb data; Curtis and other staff agreed to provide previous‑year comparisons and clarified that directly comparable longitudinal datasets have limits because state reporting formats change over time. Curtis said the district will continue to share building‑level and trend data with the board and the guiding coalition.