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Farmington district narrows focus to Hispanic students as FastBridge replaces NWEA in indicators
Summary
District staff presented revised District Indicators of Success, highlighted demographic shifts, and explained use of FastBridge and other local measures; board members pressed for clarity on MCA reporting and the timeline for seeing test effects.
The Farmington Public School District on Monday presented updated District Indicators of Success that narrow the district's focused achievement and growth goal to Hispanic students and emphasize local diagnostic assessments over statewide MCA comparisons.
District staff said the indicators now include three years of data and clearly mark the district's comprehensive achievement and civic-readiness goals. "We did change our focused achievement and growth goal here, and we are focusing on our Hispanic population," Lisa said, noting changing demographics and growth in multilingual learners.
The change follows a recent IPR review and a request from the board to show three years of trend data. Staff reported the district's multilingual population rose from about 250 students in 2015 to 643 now; 60% of the 643 multilingual students are Hispanic.…
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