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District presents first-year ATLAS results: gains in several grades, limits on year-to-year comparison
Summary
Superintendent Graham and Miss Kim Slayton presented initial ATLAS assessment results Oct. 21, saying the district exceeded state averages in multiple grade bands while cautioning the exam is new and not directly comparable to prior tests; the board was also told the state will assign letter grades next spring.
Superintendent Graham and Miss Kim Slayton presented the NASHVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT—'s initial results from the state's new ATLAS assessment at the Oct. 21 board meeting, noting several areas of above-average performance and cautioning that the test is a new baseline and not directly comparable to previous years.
Slayton said the district "beat the state average in every grade level for literacy, except for third and fourth," and reported the district was above the state average in six of eight literacy categories and in six of eight math categories. She and other presenters highlighted strong sixth-grade math performance, which they…
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