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Central Primary reports gains in early literacy, attendance and social-emotional measures
Summary
Central Primary School leaders told the Bedford Board of Education on March 6 that fall-to-winter diagnostic data show improvements in reading and math tiers, chronic absenteeism and social-emotional indicators, and outlined interventions and family engagement plans.
Central Primary School leaders reported measurable progress in student reading, math and behavior metrics during a presentation at the Bedford Board of Education work session on March 6.
The presentation, delivered by Jennifer Spate, principal of Central Primary School, and Angelique Lipford, dean of academic achievement, summarized fall-to-winter diagnostic shifts and the school’s strategies for instruction, attendance and social-emotional learning. Spate said kindergarten through second-grade students saw movement out of the lowest performance band: “For second grade, we had 48% in the red in the fall, 36% in the winter,” she said. Lipford noted gains on the district’s DESSA social-emotional screener, reporting that 23 students had moved to “typical” tier 1 status after interventions.
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