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Chickasha Middle School outlines attendance, testing and intervention goals; pilots new math benchmarking
Summary
CMS principal presented targets to reduce chronic absenteeism, raise state test passage rates and expand targeted interventions; school is piloting Alpha Plus for math benchmarking and using GEAR UP resources for college and career readiness.
Chickasha Middle School Principal (name given in the transcript as Miss Clark) briefed the Board of Education on a package of academic and engagement goals for the 2024‑25 school year, focused on reducing chronic absenteeism, improving ELA and math proficiency and expanding data-driven interventions.
On attendance the principal said CMS aims for a 4 percentage‑point reduction in chronic absenteeism for 2024‑25, noting the district removes "in phase" students (those enrolling after the first 20 days) from some published rates. She said daily chronic absence rates had fluctuated between 37 and 39 percent since January and that some recent data-processing choices produced a nine‑point drop when in‑phase students are excluded. To address attendance, CMS is increasing family…
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