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Flint academic team lays out diagnosis of low proficiency, prioritizes curriculum audit and program evaluation
Summary
District leaders told the board that proficiency remains low across grades, math is the most significant challenge and the district will pursue a curriculum audit, program evaluation, learning walks and targeted interventions (AVID, STEM/Jason Learning) to improve outcomes; trustees pressed for concrete measurements and a timeline.
Flint School District leaders presented a district‑level analysis showing persistently low proficiency and uneven growth and outlined a multi‑year plan focused on curriculum alignment, program evaluation and targeted interventions.
Superintendent Jones introduced the academic team and framed the board’s “North Star” as student proficiency. “The North Star is proficiency,” Jones said, urging a focus on both growth and the curricular tools needed to reach grade‑level proficiency.
Consultants and academic leaders described how the district uses both the state M‑STEP (proficiency, taken once annually) and NWEA (interim growth measures taken multiple times a year) to track progress. Tracy Davis, a board consultant, explained the partnership baseline approach: the…
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