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Administrators defend curriculum; committee asks for 10th‑grade data after MCAS messaging misstep
Summary
District administrators told the Leominster School Committee that high-quality instructional materials and stronger AP participation show curriculum strength, but acknowledged poor messaging around MCAS and agreed to provide the committee with 10th‑grade benchmark and grade data in January to evaluate product effectiveness.
District curriculum leaders and high-school administrators presented the district’s high-quality instructional materials (HQIM) approach and engaged the committee in an extended discussion about assessment results and messaging.
District staff described the HQIM adoption process (ImplementMass), noting use of EdReports and Massachusetts’ CURATE reviews, and said the materials are in place across grade spans and core subjects. The district said elementary ELA and math materials and most middle-school content materials are…
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