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Brevard releases PM2 progress-monitoring results; staff report mixed gains and grade-level dips
Summary
District staff presented PM2 (mid-year) assessment results showing pockets of improvement in some grades and subjects and declines in others. Staff said the multi-checkpoint assessment model is meant to drive instruction and called the PM2 results a midseason "halftime" score to guide interventions before year-end testing.
Brevard County School District staff presented progress-monitoring (PM2) assessment results to the school board at a Feb. 11 work session, showing mixed outcomes across grade levels and subjects and stressing that the midyear data are intended to guide instruction before the end-of-year test.
Doctor Vandell, who led the data presentation, explained the state's three-checkpoint accountability model (PM1, PM2, PM3) and said the district compared PM2 results this year with the same window last year across multiple grades. Vandell said the district focused on percent of students scoring at level 3 or higher (on-grade-level performance) and that the Florida Department of Education was presenting related FAST assessment topics to the Senate the same day.
Key figures staff shared included: district PM2 percent-on-grade-level around 49% (combined PM2 level 3+ across tested grades)…
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