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Rockcastle County Schools report shows gains in reading, attendance and work-based learning
Summary
Superintendent Dr. Ballinger and pillar leaders presented the district's annual report, highlighting elementary reading and math diagnostics, a district attendance uptick and large increases in internships and paid co-op placements. The board discussed those results and approved routine personnel and policy items.
Rockcastle County 'Superintendent Dr. Ballinger presented an annual review to the school board on student achievement, attendance and career-readiness programs, saying staff surveys and district initiatives helped produce measurable gains across several areas.
The report, organized around the district's pillars for teaching and learning, showed diagnostic (iReady) assessments with elementary reading at about 50% proficient on the spring diagnostic, short of a 60% target, and elementary math at about 46% compared with a 55% goal. "If children, they don't know how to read, it's gonna be very difficult to do all those other things," said Mr. Thomas, the pillar 1 lead, during his presentation on academic results.
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