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Administrators walk trustees through WYTOP (YTOP) data, blueprints and school improvement planning
Summary
District staff gave trustees a detailed overview of the Wyoming Test of Proficiency and Progress (referred to in the meeting as YTOP), how interims, modulars and summative assessments work, blueprint changes that affect year‑to‑year comparability, and how cohorts are tracked across grades for school improvement planning.
District staff presented a detailed primer on the Wyoming Test of Proficiency and Progress (referred to in the meeting as YTOP) during the Feb. 5 Committee of the Whole, explaining test types (interim, modular, summative), reporting timelines and why recent blueprint and standard changes complicate year‑to‑year comparisons.
Presenters explained three assessment types used in the state system: interim assessments (fall/winter windows intended to measure growth toward end‑of‑year standards), modular assessments (short, standard‑based subtests used during instruction) and the summative assessment (a spring window viewed as a…
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