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District reports modest I-Ready gains; board presses for higher participation and attendance
Summary
I-Ready diagnostic results show small increases in on-grade performance but high 'level not determined' rates; board members pressed for strategies to raise test participation, especially in middle and high school, and for cohort-level data to track progress.
District assessment staff presented mid-year I‑Ready diagnostic results showing modest gains in math and reading alongside continued challenges with participation and attendance.
Anthony Taylor, the coordinator for data and assessment, told the board that mathematics on-grade-level performance rose from 9% in the fall to 12% in the winter (roughly 146 to 215 students), and reading on-grade-level rose from 13% to 21% in the same period. Taylor also flagged that about 32% of students were coded as "level not determined" (LND) because they did not take the assessment, a figure the presentation attributed primarily to absences and…
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