Scottsdale Unified presents assessment data, IXL rollout and proposed strategic plan goals; board debates enrollment target and algebra goal

Scottsdale — Scottsdale Unified School District staff presented a data briefing on local and state assessments, the district’s first-year rollout of the IXL assessment platform, and a draft refreshed strategic plan with proposed "wildly important goals" focused on enrollment capture rate and increasing eighth graders taking advanced math.

Leah Mitchell and Dr. Bauchner (presenters) summarized last school year’s "wildly important goals" (WIGs) and walked the governing board through IXL results, state assessment performance on the AASA, ACT practice-test participation and student-growth percentiles used in state accountability. Staff said IXL is computer-adaptive, that a district analysis found IXL scores strongly correlate with AASA math performance, and that the district has calibrated IXL scale scores to estimate the probability that a student will score proficient on AASA.

District presenters said IXL was rolled out across most grade levels last year, with schools that used the system more consistently showing higher AASA gains. Teachers, math coaches and IXL representatives…