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Centennial SD presents winter assessment gains and a district spending analysis showing high investment in instruction
Summary
District presenters told the Committee of the Whole on Feb. 25 that local winter assessment results show substantial student growth and an outside analysis found Centennial spends a larger share on instruction than peer districts; presenters and board members discussed implications for debt, transportation costs and resource allocation.
Centennial School District officials reported substantial winter academic gains and outlined district spending priorities during the Committee of the Whole meeting on Feb. 25, 2025.
The presentation combined two reports: a per-pupil spending analysis shared with district leaders and a midyear snapshot of local assessment results. Dr. Benin, a district official, summarized the spending review and said the analysis showed Centennial ‘‘spends more money on instruction than anybody in the Southeast’’ the analysts compared against and that administrative spending is unusually low by comparison.
The assessment presentation, given by Mr. Ruts of the Office of Teaching and Learning, showed winter diagnostic results for DIBELS (K–3), i-Ready (K–8 reading and math) and IXL (grades 9–11). ‘‘This shows that 16 percent of our students moved from tiers 2 and 3 into tier 1 based on their…
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