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Jacksonville North Pulaski officials review ATLAS results, outline steps for Read‑By‑3 and numeracy laws
Summary
Curriculum staff presented ATLAS assessment trends showing persistent third‑grade challenges, described compliance steps for the state'Read‑By‑3 and numeracy laws, said the district will replace DreamBox with a new diagnostic tutoring program and noted stronger AP performance and a newly awarded mental‑health grant for secondary schools.
At a regular Jacksonville North Pulaski School District board meeting, curriculum staff presented ATLAS assessment results and described planned responses to recent state laws on third‑grade reading and numeracy.
Dr. Amanda Picard, representing the district's curriculum partnerships team, told the board the briefing was intended to answer frequent community questions about the Read‑By‑3 third‑grade retention law, the numeracy law and how the district manages curriculum adoptions. "This is not the data report. This is a report from curriculum about it's kind of 3 things that we get asked the most," Picard said, describing the legal requirements and district actions.
Picard summarized the Read‑By‑3 requirement: students not on grade level in third grade are recommended for retention unless…
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