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District officials: ATLAS summative year is a baseline; Rogers outperformed state in many grades
Summary
Rogers curriculum leaders told the board the new ATLAS assessment is a baseline year not directly comparable to ACT Aspire; district officials said Rogers students outperformed state results in many grades and highlighted quarterly RPS benchmark data for real-time instruction.
District curriculum leaders told the Rogers School District Board of Education on Feb. 20 that the state's shift from ACT Aspire to the ATLAS assessment system means the 2024-25 year serves as a baseline and cannot be compared directly to prior results.
Karen Highfill, executive director of secondary curriculum and instruction, and Sarah Henry, executive director for elementary curriculum and instruction, described differences between the two systems: ACT Aspire was norm-referenced and aligned to…
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