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Board approves Missouri Assessment Program report, elects officers and passes routine measures
Summary
The Special School District Board approved the district’s Missouri Assessment Program report after a staff presentation and debate about test validity and significance; the board also approved a bus route, a budget adjustment, set a closed meeting date and completed officer elections including Carmen Statham as board president.
The Special School District Board of Education voted to approve the district’s Missouri Assessment Program (MAP) report after hearing presentation and board questions about performance, growth metrics and statistical significance.
Dr. Matt Grama, director of evaluation and research, presented MAP results for the 2023–24 school year. He told the board that roughly a quarter of students scored at or above the basic level in English language arts, about 16.8% were at or above basic in math, and the district reported an increase in science and social studies results compared with the prior year. Dr. Grama emphasized the MAP growth metric, saying growth may be more meaningful for many SSD students because several enter SSD schools multiple grade-equivalencies behind and growth captures year-to-year…
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