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Canal Winchester posts district gains on Ohio report card; early-literacy and subgroup measures flagged
Summary
District presentation showed gains in the overall Performance Index and several school-level improvements, while Indian Trail and Winchester Trail were identified as needing attention on early literacy and progress measures; board members asked for follow-up data.
Canal Winchester Local School District officials reviewed the district—s Ohio report card at the Oct. 13 board meeting, reporting overall Performance Index (PI) growth and school-level gains while identifying early-literacy and subgroup outcomes that the district says it will target this year.
Mister Whitlatch, the district—s director of teaching and learning and data assessment, told the board the district—s PI rose from 86.2 to 89.1 and highlighted school-level changes including Winchester High School—s jump to a 4.5 overall rating and the middle school—s rise to four stars. "There's great things happening. We all wanna see our stars be higher," Whitlatch said during the presentation.
The presentation placed early literacy (Ohio—s third-grade reading guarantee) and progress/value-added measures at the center of the district—s improvement work. Whitlatch…
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