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Midyear benchmarks: Kennewick reports mixed STAR, WA Kids and dual‑language progress; board asks for cohort tracking
Summary
District assessment staff presented midyear STAR and WA Kids benchmark data showing varied growth and proficiency across grades, highlighted progress in some pilot classrooms and dual‑language trajectories, and fielded board questions about cohort tracking and school-by-school comparisons.
Kennewick School District administrators presented midyear academic data showing mixed results across grade levels and programs and outlined next steps for benchmarking and intervention.
Alyssa St. Hilaire, who led the update, said the district is reviewing Winter STAR reading and math benchmarks as well as WA Kids kindergarten screening data. She told the board that the district’s goal for growth is a Student Growth Percentile (SGP) of 50 — roughly a year’s worth of growth — and that the district is now using STAR-derived…
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