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East Ramapo presents diagnostic data showing majority of middle-schoolers below grade level, plans audits and coaching
Summary
The district's academic snapshot presented Renaissance STAR and i-Ready baseline data showing large shares of students in grades 6' 8 performing two to three or more grade levels below standards. District leaders outlined new curricula, expanded coaching, learning walks and plans for audits and interventions.
Dr. Ronald Gonzales, the district's director of science and one of the academic leads, told the board that initial i-Ready and Renaissance STAR diagnostic results show a substantial portion of tested middle-school students performing multiple grade levels below expectations.
"Only 63 students out of the total 2,125 students that were tested are testing at mid or above grade level," Gonzales said, describing a snapshot in which roughly 71 percent of tested…
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