Elizabeth School District shows mixed year‑end i‑Ready results; district outlines expanded reading interventions

Chief Academic Officer Kim Moore presented i‑Ready year‑end reading and math results at the Elizabeth School District Board of Education meeting on June 9, and described a district plan to expand targeted reading interventions, certify additional staff in academic language therapy and require regular teacher data workgroups next year.

Moore told the board that school‑level outcomes varied. At Running Creek, 47% of students scored at grade level in math at the end of the year — a 34 percentage‑point increase from the beginning of the year but a 9 percentage‑point drop from the previous year. Singing Hills showed strong year‑end results in reading (73% at grade level), and the middle school recorded 48% grade‑level proficiency in math at year end, a 2 percentage‑point improvement from the prior year and a 19 percentage‑point gain from the beginning of the year.

The numbers showed the greatest concern at upper elementary grades, Moore said, where a “chasm” of students more than three grade levels below begins to form. “This is where our gap begins to form, as, you know, young primary grades, children are really staying on track, and then as we get to grade and above, we start…