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McCreary County principals report test-score gains, spotlight reading and social‑studies work
Summary
Superintendent Crowell and several school principals reported year‑over‑year improvements on district assessments and described programs aimed at raising reading and math proficiency, while identifying social studies and extended‑response items as district priorities for 2025.
Superintendent Crowell opened the district’s Dec. 17 presentation to the McCreary County Board of Education by thanking the board and recognizing outgoing member Stacy Hammond, then turned the meeting over to school principals who summarized fall assessment results and next steps.
The presentations showed multiple schools posted year‑over‑year gains on district and national benchmark assessments. One principal said her school’s indicator score rose from 71.3 last year to 83.6 this year and described reading and math proficiency increases that moved the school to “blue” status on the state indicator scale. Another principal reported a 12 percentage‑point gain in students meeting NWEA benchmark between last fall and this fall across several grade…
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