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APS board accepts math proficiency monitoring report after questions about equity and implementation
Summary
The board accepted the Goal 2 progress monitoring report (math proficiency) after extended Q&A on subgroup gaps, attendance, instructional alignment and coaching. The vote carried with one 'No' from Josefina Dominguez, who said she was not yet persuaded there is clear growth for some student groups.
The Albuquerque Public Schools Board of Education voted Oct. 15 to accept the district's progress monitoring report on Goal 2 — math proficiency in middle school — after a sustained line-by-line discussion of root causes and implementation strategies.
Acting Superintendent Antonio Gonzales, assistant superintendent Chris Sanchez and Chief Academic Officer Sherry Jett presented the report and fielded technical questions about subgroups, especially economically disadvantaged students, special education students and African American students. Sanchez described attendance and the student success systems as persistent barriers for economically disadvantaged students and said priority schools have dedicated staff FTEs to monitor attendance, behavior and academic indicators.
"When we're looking at the data, particularly among our economically disadvantaged students, one constant challenge we see is attendance," Sanchez said. He described early-warning reports and staff who correlate attendance with academic achievement to deploy interventions.
Board members pressed the administration on how to replicate recent gains for African American students across other subgroups. Presentation materials and presenters emphasized a coherence strategy: aligning teaching and learning, special education, English learner services and Native American supports so that deployed resources operate as a coordinated team rather than in silos.
Presenters also described a relaunch of the Illustrative Math curriculum and a set of seven middle-school core strategies to be delivered through teaching-and-learning coaches and resource teachers to strengthen standards-based instruction and ‘‘just-in-time’’ interventions.
Board member Josefina Dominguez cast the sole 'No' vote during the roll call, saying she was not convinced there is growth toward the vision for all student groups. The motion to accept the report carried by roll call vote with the remainder of the board voting 'Yes.'
The vote accepts the report as a formal acknowledgment that the board had a substantive monitoring conversation and that administration has a plan for next steps; it does not itself change district policy.
