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Board approves IGA with Vail for Beyond Textbooks pilot at Lake Pleasant Elementary after evaluation
Summary
Peoria Unified approved an intergovernmental agreement with Vail Unified to allow Lake Pleasant Elementary teachers access to the Beyond Textbooks planning tool for 2025–26, following a district evaluation that reported math gains and improved teacher planning.
The Peoria Unified School District governing board voted Aug. 28 to approve an intergovernmental agreement (IGA) with Vail Unified School District enabling Lake Pleasant Elementary teachers to use the Beyond Textbooks platform for the 2025–26 school year, subject to continued program evaluation.
District evaluators presented results from a program evaluation conducted during the pilot year. Richard O’Neil, the district program evaluator, summarized three research questions: whether teachers found the platform made planning more…
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