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Weston presents midyear academic snapshot: gains in early grades, targeted focus on middle‑grade literacy
Summary
District leaders reported winter benchmark results showing strong early-grade math and K–3 literacy, steady secondary achievement in some grades and a need for focused intervention on growth measures — particularly middle‑grade literacy and subgroup growth for students with disabilities.
Superintendent Lisa (last name not specified) and academic leaders presented a midyear district improvement update Monday, highlighting progress and areas of focus across math, English language arts and science.
District Chief Academic Officer Dr. Tina Henkel and curriculum leaders reported that many early-grade benchmarks exceeded winter targets: kindergarten and first grade showed very strong results on the district's measures (for example, kindergarten math and literacy performance were reported in the high 80s to mid 90s percentiles on screening tools). The district uses NWEA MAP assessments as predictive tools for Smarter Balanced and SAT performance and DIBELS 8 for K–3 literacy screening.
In math, the district reported a number of strong results in elementary grades and continued progress at the middle- and high-school levels, with particular attention given to ninth-grade Algebra I cohorts. Dr. Henkel said the district is “drilling into” ninth-grade algebra to focus interventions…
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