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District presents mixed assessment results, highlights professional learning community training
Summary
Superintendent and staff presented preliminary three-year trends in reading and math proficiency, previewed a new kindergarten screener (Amira) and emphasized district-wide professional learning community (PLC) training that sent 145 participants to a recent workshop to align instruction and assessments.
District leadership presented preliminary, nonfinal assessment results and described a districtwide professional development push meant to improve instructional consistency and student outcomes.
Superintendent Kim Beckendahl and other staff said the results shown were preliminary and subject to state business rules. Beckendahl summarized kindergarten results: “In kindergarten, we ended with 77 percent of our kids who reached the kindergarten proficiency,” and explained that the state’s current kindergarten screener (IRI) will be replaced next year by Amira, which will be administered later in the fall. Staff said the new screener is expected…
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