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District seeks Formative by Newsela licenses for grades 6–12; $88,153.01 recommended for FY26
Summary
Staff recommended purchasing Formative by Newsela (Formative) gold licenses for grades 6–12 to support real‑time formative assessment and PLC work; the superintendent recommended the FY26 expenditure of $88,153.01 and asked the board to approve at the upcoming August meeting.
District instructional leaders asked the board Tuesday to authorize purchase of Formative by Newsela licenses for grades 6–12, describing the platform as a standards‑aligned formative‑assessment and instructional tool that teachers can use to monitor student learning in real time and to support PLC work.
Why it matters: the platform supports diagnostic and formative…
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