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Shawnee Mission sees gains in ACT and Kansas assessment results; district sets grade-level focus
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District data staff told trustees ACT composite scores rose for the class of 2024 and Kansas assessment performance improved for three consecutive years in reading and math; administrators described interim assessments as district lead measures for 2025 goals.
Shawnee Mission School District officials on Tuesday told the board the district’s ACT and Kansas assessment results showed improvement and outlined how interim assessments will be used as lead measures for school improvement.
Dan Grama, director of assessment research, said the district’s ACT composite average rose to 22 for the class of 2024 after two years of flatter results, with core-course completers (students who reported the four-year English/three-year math/science/social studies sequence) attaining a five-year high average of 24.8. Grama noted participation and the timing of test events affect averages: after a period in which many juniors took the February/March state-funded ACT and did not retest, the district saw more students again taking the ACT later in…
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