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Wilson County credits summer programs with test gains, warns cuts could end services
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Wilson County Schools officials told the school board that summer classes and retesting produced measurable academic gains for hundreds of students but said federal funding cuts could force the district to reduce or end many summer offerings.
At its Aug. 18 meeting, the Wilson County Board of Education heard results showing that this year’s summer programs produced measurable test-score gains and helped hundreds of students recover credits — and district leaders warned cuts to federal funds could threaten those programs.
District staff reported that summer retesting produced 699 new proficient scores — students who passed after attending summer sessions and would not have passed otherwise. “699 students passed that would not have passed without summer school,” said Miss May, a district staff member, during the Instructional Services Committee presentation. The district also reported a combined EOG and EOC gain of 6.3 percentage points from summer interventions.
The district provided a breakdown of summer work across grade bands. Kindergarten through third-grade reading instruction, delivered over three weeks, produced gains for most participants:…
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