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Wallingford instructional committee highlights '100% growth' goal, attendance interventions and literacy screening plans
Summary
Board members reviewed school improvement plans emphasizing an aspirational 100% growth/trusted‑adult goal, described attendance‑reduction efforts (weekly attendance teams, LEAP partnerships) and clarified K–3 DIBELS versus i‑Ready screening practices; administrators said cohort tools and PSAT data will inform targeted instruction.
At its Nov. 17 meeting, the Wallingford School District Instructional Committee reviewed school improvement plans from across grade levels and spent extended time on three themes: an aspirational district goal that 100% of students make growth and have a trusted adult in their building; localized attendance-reduction strategies; and how screening data (DIBELS and i-Ready) and PSAT/SAT cohort reporting will be used to target instruction.
Mrs. Latour explained why the district includes 100% growth and a 100% trusted‑adult target in school plans: "We feel that 100% of our students can make growth towards that benchmark," she said, adding the district expects schools and departments to work "incredibly hard" to meet that aim. Miss Regan and other board members…
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