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District presents iReady-based student-growth goals, emphasizes MyPath implementation
Summary
District administrator Miss Montgomery presented 2025–26 student-growth goals built on iReady diagnostics, explaining a focus on school-specific typical-growth targets (district K–8 typical growth ~62%) and expanded preschool foundations; she also announced a district AI committee drafting guidelines.
Miss Montgomery, a district administrator, told the Freehold Township School District Board of Education the district will base 2025–26 student-growth goals on iReady diagnostic data and school-by-school starting points. "I am excited to share, with the board and the public this evening our district goals for the school year 2526," she said, and explained the difference between iReady's "typical growth" and "stretch growth" measures.
Montgomery said iReady national benchmarks show about 50–60% of students in a district meet a typical-growth goal in a year and reported the district's K–8 typical-growth rate last year was about 62 percent. "Student achievement is one of the most significant things that we can do to support our students," she said, and described a goal-setting approach that assigns a typical-growth percentage for each school and grade-band (K–2 reading, 3–5 math, middle-school language arts and math).
She described the district’s MyPath personalized pathways rollout as a key implementation element: last year was year one of implementation and teachers received fuller MyPath training in January, while this fall students have been on MyPath for two to three weeks. Montgomery said that timeline makes staff "very confident" the district can meet the new goals and noted the district may revisit targets after additional implementation data.
Montgomery also reported that the board-approved preschool foundations curriculum will be used as a supplemental resource for 4- and 5-year-olds who will be entering kindergarten and that progress for those children will be measured with the district’s developmental rubric rather than formal assessments. She said restorative-practices work will continue (restorative justice conferencing will be used only with student agreement) and that a newly formed district AI committee — composed of representative teachers across schools and grade levels — is drafting guidelines for staff and student use of artificial intelligence, with recommendations to be shared through committee review before formal policy consideration.
No formal board vote was taken on the goals at the meeting; Montgomery and board members discussed clarifying the 5% guidance used for incremental target-setting and described plans to monitor outcomes over the school year.
