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Upper Dublin education committee reviews math, science and assessment implementations; sets three-year professional development goals
Summary
At its Sept. 3 Education Committee meeting, Upper Dublin School District staff reported on full implementation work for Illustrative Mathematics and FOSS science, rollout plans for the I‑Ready intervention/benchmark system, and district professional development goals tied to teacher evaluation data.
Upper Dublin School District’s Education Committee received updates Sept. 3 on curriculum implementations, assessment plans and a three‑year professional development strategy aimed at increasing instructional coherence and student engagement.
District staff reported that Illustrative Mathematics is now in use from the early grades through algebra and that elementary walkthroughs with coaches and partners from the University of Delaware informed professional development priorities. District staff said districtwide PSSA (Pennsylvania System of School Assessment) math scores increased overall in the elementary grades after last year’s implementation; grade 3 was noted as an exception and staff said they will examine alignment at that grade.
The district also moved from a pilot of the FOSS (Full Option Science System) elementary science program to a full K–5 implementation this…
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