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Spring ISD CFO flags mixed early results for new reading and math curricula in ROI review
Summary
District's academic "ROI" review showed Amplify (K-8 reading) and Eureka/Carnegie (K-8/math) fell short of early performance targets on STAR reading/math in the first two years; board requested deeper MAP analysis and school-level interventions.
Spring Independent School District's chief financial officer and academic leaders presented an academic return-on-investment (ROI) review on Jan. 16, 2025, that flagged mixed early results for recently adopted curricula and laid out next steps for deeper analysis and targeted interventions.
The district used a GFOA (Government Finance Officers Association) program-success tracker to compare baseline goals to actual outcomes for multiple curricular investments, including Amplify (K-8 reading), Eureka (K-5 math), and Carnegie (middle-school math). The CFO reported that Amplify implementation (a district investment reported at approximately $16.7 million to date, funded with TCLAS/ESSER/IMAD and Title I sources) produced lower-than-target STAR reading "meets" percentages in 2023 and 2024 for 3rd and 8th graders. For example,…
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