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Oldham County presents winter i‑Ready snapshot showing gains and flagged middle‑school reading group
Summary
District staff told the board the second-year i‑Ready assessment shows year‑over‑year improvement across most grades in reading and math but highlighted an unexpected zero median growth result for a subgroup of middle‑school students already at or above grade level.
Dr. Smith, instructional presenter for Oldham County Schools, told the board on Jan. 27 that the district’s winter i‑Ready administration — given in December before winter break — shows broad year‑over‑year gains in both reading and math.
“The dotted line is the national median percentile,” Dr. Smith said as she reviewed district scatterplots comparing performance and growth. “One year ago we were somewhere in the 50 to 60 percentile range and you can see that all of those dots have moved over 1 column in our overall performance.”
Why it matters: the board heard that most grade levels moved from roughly the 50–60th percentile into the 60–70th percentile compared with the prior year, and…
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