Central York committee forwards six high‑school math maps and reviews midyear assessment results

Central York School District curriculum committee members on Feb. 10 reviewed six new high‑school math curriculum maps and agreed to forward them to the full board for approval in March. District staff also presented midyear math and reading assessment data and recommended assessment and instructional tools for continued use.

The maps cover Algebra II, Honors Algebra II, Honors Calculus, Introduction to Applied Statistics, Math Analysis and Trigonometry, and Advanced Math. "These 6 maps are completed and ready for, the committee's review, and if so, ready, for forwarding to the full board in March," said Dr. Youchef, a district curriculum staff member, during the meeting.

The committee received a midyear growth‑measure comparison that contrasted midyear 2023‑24 with midyear 2024‑25. Dr. Youchef said results were mixed by grade: third grade rose 3.4 percent year‑to‑year at midyear; fourth grade was down 5.3 percent; sixth grade showed a 9.1 percent increase; seventh grade was down about 6 percent compared with the prior year cohort; and the district’s first‑year eighth‑grade implementation showed 77.1 percent of students ready for grade‑level content. On early literacy screening (referred to in the meeting as Acadience), kindergarten starting scores were 58, described as the lowest entering score the district has seen since implementation but with gain at midyear.

Committee members discussed assessment platforms. The district reported bringing IXL back for grades 4–6 and to the high school after teacher requests; it had previously used Waggle under the HMH contract. The district will pilot the Acadience digital reading assessment for grades 4 and up in spring but will keep Acadience math as a paper‑and‑pencil assessment, citing teacher scoring workload and cost. "I think the math data is very promising. It looks really good," a committee member said.

Staff said the current revision cycle includes music, art, math and English language arts; art and music maps are expected to come to the committee in March. Dr. Youchef thanked teachers for their work on the maps and said additional high‑school ELA writing work is underway.

The meeting was informational and advisory; committee members verbally agreed to forward the six math maps to the full board, but no formal roll‑call vote was recorded on the curriculum maps during the committee meeting. Staff said full‑board action will be sought in March.