Haverford Township school staff present draft three-year comprehensive plan, target elementary growth and achievement gap

Haverford Township School District staff presented a draft comprehensive plan required by the Pennsylvania Department of Education and asked the school board for feedback, emphasizing priorities to improve inconsistent elementary-level academic growth and reduce the achievement gap for economically disadvantaged students.

The plan, presented by Miss Seixa, identifies the district as a high-performing system that ranks in the top 5% of local education agencies in the Commonwealth on PSSA and Keystone assessments, while noting localized challenges in subgroup achievement and inconsistent growth patterns at the elementary grades.

The draft sets measurable three-year goals. One goal seeks to have 80% of students in identified schools and grades meet or exceed reading and math growth expectations on the district's 2028 growth assessments. Another aims to shrink the achievement gap between all students and the economically disadvantaged subgroup from 15% to 8% in ELA, from 20% to 12% in math, and from 18% to 10% in the Algebra I Keystone by the…