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Trustee Jensen proposes 'Normalized Academic Growth' metric to track student progress
Summary
Trustee Debbie Jensen presented a measure called Normalized Academic Growth, proposing a 10% growth target for student groups and explaining the pre/post formula she recommends for classroom and school‑level use. Trustees responded positively and discussed using the measure to guide instruction and district evaluation of materials.
Trustee Debbie Jensen presented an overview of Normalized Academic Growth to the Spring ISD Board of Trustees during the Aug. 12, 2025 meeting, describing the metric, examples of application and proposed targets for the district.
Jensen said normalized growth measures learning gains by calculating the gain a student makes divided by the possible gain remaining after a pretest: (posttest – pretest) ÷ (maximum possible – pretest). She gave two examples: a…
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