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Southfield district cites mixed test results, outlines tutoring, attendance and AI policy steps
Summary
Superintendent and district instructional leaders presented M-STEP, PSAT and SAT results showing pockets of improvement and gaps; district plans districtwide tutoring by late October/November, tightened attendance focus and an AI use task force.
Southfield Public Schools leaders presented 2024–25 state and college-preparatory assessment results and described immediate steps the district will take to address gaps in proficiency, including new after-school tutoring, strengthened attendance expectations and development of an artificial-intelligence framework for classroom use.
At a Monday board meeting, Executive Director of Instruction Summer Caldwell Carruthers and Data and Assessment Coordinator Venise Daniels summarized district M-STEP, PSAT and SAT returns and explained why the full dataset is released in stages by the Michigan Department of Education. Caldwell Carruthers said 59.7% of third graders “met” the third-grade reading benchmark under the state’s third grade reading law, while 40.3% “need support.” She told trustees that the district reduced the number of students on individual reading plans from 569 last year to 283 this year.
The presentation also noted gains in some grade bands: sixth,…
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