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Manatee County board reviews winter FAST ELA progress-monitoring results; officials cite midyear gains and target third grade
Summary
District staff presented winter (PM2) reading progress-monitoring results for K–10, reporting year-to-year and in-year growth despite hurricane-related lost instructional days; board members pressed for school-by-school reports and clarified testing details.
District staff presented winter progress-monitoring results for reading (FAST/STAR platforms) at the Feb. 11 School Board of Manatee County meeting, telling the board that the district showed midyear growth across most grade bands despite losing seven instructional days to a hurricane during the first semester.
The presentation, led by Chad Jensen with Evan McCarthy, director of assessment, accountability and research, explained that the district administers three progress-monitoring windows (fall, winter, spring) and uses STAR Early Literacy and STAR Reading in K–2 and Cambium-based FAST for grades 3–10. Jensen said the winter window is a snapshot of students’ midyear status: “This is middle of the year. It's not the end of the year,” and cautioned that PM2 results are intended to inform instruction for the second semester.
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