Central York SD reports steady start on math and ELA beginning-of-year assessments; rostering issue may affect some 7th-grade growth

Central York School District staff presented beginning-of-year math and English language arts assessment results to the curriculum committee on Oct. 6, reporting broadly steady starting points compared with last year and identifying follow-up tasks after discovering a rostering problem that may affect reported 7th-grade math gains.

Dr. Uchak, a district staff member, led the presentation and said the district is “really looking for numbers to be lower percentages here in this far below and below category” as a measure of progress. The presentation combined Into Math growth measures (K–9) with district usage of Acadience, IXL, Wonders and a district diagnostic called CAPTI for reading measures.

Why it matters: The beginning-of-year figures set the baseline teachers use to plan instruction and remediation. Staff said they already used a September professional-development day for grade-level and building-level data analysis and that the results will inform classroom instruction and midyear checks.

Key findings presented

- Kindergarten: 31.8% on or above grade level, a 1.9-percentage-point increase over last year’s beginning-of-year number. - Grade 1: 38.6% on or above, a 5.1-point decrease versus last year’s beginning-of-year figure; staff said the cohort made progress last year but ended the prior year weaker than hoped. - Grade 2: modest decrease (about 0.2 percentage point). - Grades 3–4: began the year close to prior…