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District reports Forward Exam gains, highlights literacy work and pilots an ELA screener
Summary
District staff reported that McFarland students broadly outperformed state averages on Forward Exam and highlighted the district’s literacy training, mid‑cycle curriculum reviews and a pilot high‑school ELA screener to better match interventions to student needs.
The McFarland School District’s director of teaching and learning, Emily Kintzer, briefed the board on Forward Exam, ACT and Act 20 implementation and outlined school‑by‑school steps to advance literacy and close achievement gaps.
“Our students outperform the state average in all grades and all content areas,” Kintzer said, summarizing the district’s performance and noting particular strengths in social studies (the district ranked first in the county for grades 4, 8 and 10) and strong county rankings in science and math in several grades. She reported year‑over‑year gains in English language arts for grades 3–8 and said the district is monitoring mixed movement in math across cohorts.
Kintzer and building principals described targeted, evidence‑based instruction and assessment changes under way. District priorities include training…
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