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District reports 63.3% of ninth-graders on track; chiefs, assessment lead outline credit-recovery and instruction steps
Summary
At an Equity and Student Achievement Committee meeting March 11, secondary chiefs and district assessment staff presented second-marking-period credit and iReady diagnostic data, detailed recovery and lab supports, and tied progress to attendance and stretch-growth goals.
At the March 11 Equity and Student Achievement Committee meeting, secondary chiefs and the district assessment lead presented midyear data showing districtwide progress toward the board goal to increase the share of ninth-graders earning five or more credits. Donna Lucy Linder, a secondary chief, told the board the district total for ninth-graders on track stood at 63.3 percent for the cohort cited, representing 1,540 students.
Linder said the district has set a board goal (Goal 1D) to increase the proportion of ninth-graders earning five or more credits from 70 percent to 90 percent by June 2028 and described layered supports intended to raise on-track rates: early monitoring and cohort tracking, marking-period and online credit recovery, extended-day and Saturday programming, labs attached to algebra courses, and targeted schedule adjustments at the school level. She said elementary and…
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