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SFUSD assessment committee recommends more substitute days and changes to interim tests
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A district assessment committee recommended higher‑fidelity use of Fountas & Pinnell and more substitute coverage, family‑friendly reporting and making the math benchmark opt‑in; committee estimated $505,908.06 for added substitute days and $178,000 for calibration release time.
The San Francisco Unified School District’s assessment committee presented a set of recommendations May 8 aimed at making interim assessments more useful to teachers and families.
Ritu Khanna of the Research, Planning and Assessment Office said the committee—composed of district staff, union representatives, parents and teachers—focused first on the Fountas & Pinnell (F&P) reading assessment. Committee members recommended administering F&P by grade bands to reduce disruption, limiting test administration to independent and…
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