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District outlines FAST PM2 math findings, flags third-grade fractions anomaly and explains acceleration changes
Summary
Manatee County School District staff presented midyear FAST PM2 math results on Jan. 24, describing how adaptive testing, the district’s math-acceleration policy and a heavy early distribution of fraction questions in third grade affected scores and outlining instructional follow-ups.
District leaders told the Manatee County School Board on Jan. 24 that midyear FAST math progress-monitoring data (PM2) show mixed results and that a test-item distribution issue heavily weighted toward fractions on the start of the third-grade assessment likely depressed early trajectories for many students.
"This, particular data set, Progress Monitor 2 for math, is a little more complex, really for 2 reasons," Superintendent Doctor Weisong told the board as he introduced the presentation, asking members to pose questions slide by slide for context. Deputy Superintendent Evan Jensen and Assessment and Research Director Mister McCarthy led a technical review of how computer-adaptive FAST testing works, testing windows and how the district is changing where accelerated students are tested.
Jensen and McCarthy explained two changes that affect comparisons with prior years: (1) the state FAST system uses private vendors (Cambium for most grades, Renaissance STAR for K–2) under a statewide…
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