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Tri-Creek shares checkpoint gains and launches IDOE Family Portal for parents
Summary
District leaders reported early checkpoint gains in math and ELA, described interventions targeting secondary math, and demonstrated the new IDOE Family Portal that lets parents access assessment reports via Skyward access codes.
District instructional leaders told the Tri-Creek School Corporation board that checkpoint assessment data show areas of growth and areas needing attention while unveiling a new parent access tool for assessment reports.
Chief Instructional Administrator Tammy presented cohort data showing Tri Creek schools perform well in elementary mathematics but face declines beginning in intermediate and middle school. Tammy said the district has implemented a multi‑faceted response: moving to daily 90‑minute math blocks in secondary grades, curriculum mapping with a mathematics expert, strengthened professional learning communities, coaching for classroom teachers, and formative tools including IXL. "We started by, looking at the schedule of the intermediate and middle school ... we moved towards every day 90 minute block ... for students to have dedicated time to mathematics," Tammy said.
Tammy also announced the district received a competitive STEM integration grant (the transcript includes inconsistent dollar figures; see clarifying note). She said the grant funds are not education‑fund general‑fund expenses and will support programming.
Technology staff and Tammy reviewed the state’s new IDOE Family Portal and how parents can access it. The portal requires a six‑digit access code (available in Skyward), a student’s date of birth and first name and provides two documents per assessment: a performance-level report and a predictive proficiency document. Technology director Jay said parents and teachers will be able to view checkpoint and summative reports and that access codes have been posted in Skyward under a new 'educational milestones' tab.
Tammy described how the portal breaks down question types (below, approaching, at, above) and how the state’s 67% threshold influences promotion to higher proficiency bands. She said checkpoint reports are already being shared with teachers, interventionists and parents and are used to guide instructional grouping.
What’s next: Administration will continue to share checkpoint reports with families and will work on parent-facing materials to explain the portal and proficiency thresholds.
