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Charles County Public Schools reports mixed winter iReady results; district urges family engagement
Summary
District officials presented winter iReady reading and math results and said younger students show larger COVID-era learning drops; schools are expanding targeted interventions and family outreach to accelerate catch-up.
Charles County Public Schools Superintendent Maria Navarro and district staff briefed the Board of Education on March 11 on winter iReady reading and math results, saying the district has seen modest winter-to-winter growth overall but that younger grade cohorts remain the furthest behind their pre-pandemic medians.
District staff told the board that nationally iReady data show students who were in the earliest grades during the pandemic have had the hardest time catching up, and Charles County’s local results follow that pattern in some grades while exceeding it in others. “We’re here today to give you an update on the I Ready, reading and math scores for the winter testing period,” Chief of Teaching and Learning Kevin Lowndes said as the presentation began.
Navarro and Lowndes said the district made gains in several elementary grades this winter and highlighted a six-point increase in fifth-grade on-grade or above percentages in math (from 26% to 32%). The district emphasized work underway to translate assessment results into classroom practice: instructional…
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