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Phoenix-Talent board hears strategic plan progress as attendance falls and reading scores rise
Summary
District staff presented data showing gains in third-grade reading and math in some grades, declines in overall attendance driven by high school absences, and district steps to add an attendance-intervention tool and targeted supports for ninth graders.
Phoenix-Talent School District 4 officials presented a midyear update on the district strategic plan that showed measurable gains in early-grade reading and mixed results on attendance and graduation indicators.
Director of Structural Improvement Javier Del Rio, the district strategic plan coordinator, told the board the district’s strategic targets include raising third-grade reading proficiency and improving students’ on-track-to-graduation status. “We must be relentless in our commitment to great teaching,” Del Rio said, framing the district’s approach to curriculum implementation and teacher development.
Del Rio reported third-grade reading proficiency climbed from about 30 percent in 2023 to 37 percent in the most recent data. He said mathematics results varied by grade: third- through fifth-grade math proficiency rose (for…
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