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Board reviews preliminary accountability ratings and discusses assessment tools
Summary
District staff presented preliminary accountability scores and third-grade assessment results, described curriculum and data tools (EOS, iRating, STEM scripts) used to track student growth, and fielded board questions about sharing high-school practices across campuses.
District staff presented an overview of the GEORGE CO SCHOOL DIST accountability ratings and answered board questions about student growth and tracking tools.
A presenter introduced district-level and individual-school accountability slides and said the projected target scores cited in the presentation have not yet been finalized by the state department. The presenter reported that, for a third-grade cohort cited in the slides, 100% of the students passed the state test on their last attempt; the transcript records that students get multiple attempts and the presenter noted the district reports first-attempt and final-attempt rates separately.
Board members asked whether successful practices at the high school—where staff described strong math performance—are being shared across other campuses. Staff replied that the district has been standardizing practices and that adult decisions in scheduling and targeted instruction are key drivers of growth. They also described use of multiple tools to monitor standards mastery: EOS (an instructional framework), an iRating tool for math, and STEM scripts to track discrete skills and identify where students have lost performance.
Separately, the CSR (school improvement) plan/process was discussed; staff said the district saw unexpected 'headwinds' on state tests last year, identified a bottom-25 subgroup for targeted attention, and agreed to provide more detailed data to the board in follow-up meetings.
Several numeric items in the slides were transcribed with unclear spacing (for example, projected target scores recorded as '4 57' and '7 69' in the meeting record). District staff stated those projections are preliminary and 'haven't been voted on by the state department.' The transcript contains noisy numeric renderings; the district should be asked for official score sheets or the state report for precise figures.
