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West Bend presents assessment results, shifts kindergarten math pilot to diagnostic under Act 20
Summary
District assessment coordinator Tina Van Roe told the school board the district will keep a piloted kindergarten math screener but reclassify it as a diagnostic and outlined mixed results across aimsweb, STAR and other measures as the district prepares for state data under Act 20.
Tina Van Roe, the district assessment coordinator for the West Bend Joint School District No. 1, told the school board on June 23 that the district piloted a kindergarten math assessment this year and recommends keeping the tool but using it as a diagnostic rather than a universal screener.
The change is tied to implementation of Act 20, the state’s early literacy law, which prompted extra assessment in early grades. "This year, we know that we did a little bit extra assessing especially in the lanes of literacy due to the new Act 20 law that came through for our earliest learners in elementary school," Van Roe said.
Nut graf: The report lays out how West Bend used a mix of local and vendor-provided screeners and diagnostics this year — including a free USNS pilot for kindergarten math, aimsweb plus in grades…
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