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Midyear formative assessment: Canton district reports progress on goals and data-driven instruction

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Superintendent Follin presented a midyear update on district goals, including a student-learning target (3% MCAS increase), professional practice work around a 5–8 transition team and MTSS/Project Lead The Way expansion; administrators highlighted PowerSchool data tools and work on disproportionality in discipline.

Superintendent Follin presented the district’s midyear formative assessment on Jan. 23, reporting progress on the strategic plan’s goals and describing action steps the schools are taking to support student learning and operational improvements.

District leaders said the first instructional goal targets a 3% increase in students meeting or exceeding in ELA and math on MCAS. Administrators emphasized writing and open-response instruction, data-driven small-group interventions and benchmark assessments as levers for progress. "If you want to increase your…

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