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Midway ISD presents beginning‑of‑year assessment data showing gains in several elementary grades
Summary
District leaders reported beginning-of-year results from NWEA MAP, IXL and a math screener called "Tango Lion," highlighting large year-over-year growth in some early grades and districtwide trends used for teacher incentive allotment calculations.
Midway ISD staff presented beginning‑of‑year assessment results to the school board in October, saying the district’s early measures are largely in line with or ahead of last year’s starting points and that certain grades showed notable gains during the previous school year.
Dr. Ojima, director of innovation and learning, told the board the district uses multiple adaptive assessments: the NWEA MAP (RLA) for reading, a math screener referred to in the presentation as "Tango Lion," and IXL for personalized diagnostics and adaptive lessons. She said the district expects the different tools to produce different readouts and emphasized IXL’s ability to generate individualized practice.
The presentation highlighted these points from the 2024–25 growth data and the…
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