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District reports improved chronic-absence trends, highlights targeted building gains and ELL progress
Summary
District staff presented updated Iowa School Performance Profile analysis on May 27, showing improvement in chronic-absence measures, new tracking for AP and work-based learning metrics and singled out Grant Wood and North Central elementary schools for targeted progress, including an ELL award for North Central.
District staff presented an update on the Iowa School Performance Profile at the May 27 board meeting and highlighted work at individual buildings to improve attendance and academic outcomes.
What staff reported: Administrators said a new chronic-absence measure was added to the state performance profile this year. The district’s internal dashboards show about a 7.25 percentage-point improvement for students who were chronically absent the prior year, officials said; they cautioned the state’s data-pulling method remains under review and the district is awaiting confirmation from the Iowa Department of Education about the final numbers.
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