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Board accepts numeracy monitoring report; district calls for intensified math work after mixed results
Summary
The board accepted a monitoring report on second‑grade numeracy showing modest gains districtwide and notable variability across campuses and student groups; staff said math gains lag literacy and require sustained curriculum stability, teacher training and hands‑on instruction.
The Austin ISD Board of Trustees voted Thursday to accept the superintendent’s monitoring report on Goal 2, second‑grade numeracy intervention, after a presentation that described modest district gains but larger historical variability in math outcomes.
District leaders told trustees the percent of second graders in the NWEA MAP math recommended‑for‑intervention range fell to 35% in spring 2025 from 37% in 2024, narrowly exceeding the first‑year target. Staff cautioned that math progress remains uneven across student groups and campuses and that the system lacks the steady, districtwide momentum already seen in literacy.
Assistant Superintendent Dr. Mary Anne Maxwell and Jennifer Jones, director of STEM, led the presentation and said the…
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