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Superintendent and steering committee add math proficiency goal and attendance measures to PK‑12 strategic vision
Summary
The PK‑12 strategic vision steering committee added an explicit eighth‑grade math proficiency goal and adopted chronic‑absenteeism and overall attendance metrics as progress indicators; DPI and partners will set baselines and monitor disaggregated trends.
Superintendent Kirsten Basler and members of the PK‑12 strategic vision steering committee presented an annual update and announced two changes to the statewide strategic framework: the addition of a student academic goal targeting mathematics proficiency by eighth grade and the selection of chronic absenteeism and general attendance as first‑year progress indicators.
Why it matters: The steering committee told legislators that early math proficiency is a critical predictor of later success and that measuring attendance will help target supports: ‘‘It’s…
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