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SFUSD superintendent says current math approach 'is not working,' proposes audit and stepped interventions
Summary
Superintendent Wayne told the school board the district's current approach to math is failing and outlined a multi-year plan — interim assessments, expanded interventions, an instructional audit and a review of course sequence and placement policy — prompting heated public comment urging immediate restoration of Algebra I in eighth grade.
Superintendent Wayne opened the district—s math progress-monitoring workshop by telling the Board of Education that "our current approach to math in SFUSD is not working," and he framed a multi-year plan intended to reverse declining student outcomes.
Wayne said district data show students— math progress falls behind earlier grades and that several actions are needed: adopt new interim assessments, expand research-based interventions districtwide, conduct an instructional audit, and review course sequencing and placement policies. "We need to put everything on the table," he said, listing assessments, instruction, curriculum, intervention, placement policy and acceleration as areas to examine.
The presentation described near-term steps the district will take in the next year: implement new interim, computer-adaptive assessments; expand an intervention tool…
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