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Madison County maintains 89 district score; officials outline literacy, numeracy actions under state laws
Summary
District presenters said Madison County’s state report card score remained 89 for 2023–24, highlighted large growth measures and graduation-rate improvements, and explained how the Alabama Literacy Act and Numeracy Act shape interventions, screeners, summer programs and coaching.
Madison County Schools officials told the board on Jan. 9 that the district’s state report card score remained 89 for the 2023–24 school year and outlined how district programs and state laws drive instruction and interventions.
A district staff member who identified their office as federal programs director explained to the board that the state and federal report cards use different business rules. The district’s state report card score is a transparency measure based on academic achievement, growth, graduation rate and chronic absenteeism; the federal report card, governed by ESSA, applies different subgroup and English‑language proficiency rules and can show modest score differences.
The presenter emphasized district strengths and needs: near‑maximum points for growth, improving graduation rates and rising college‑and‑career readiness (CCR), and rapid growth in the English learner population (about 620 EL students, up from fewer than 100 several years earlier). The presenter said Madison has…
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