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Racine Unified reports mixed gains and persistent flat performance in reading, writing and social studies
Summary
District monitoring reports showed flat outcomes across several measures but pockets of growth: early-childhood reading benchmarks improved, Black students saw gains in ACT writing and social studies showed small increases for some groups; district leaders cited attendance, social-emotional needs and attention-span changes as contributors.
At the work session the board reviewed district monitoring reports for reading, writing and social studies. Miss Decker presented the consolidated R2 monitoring slides and highlighted areas of both concern and targeted progress.
Reading: Miss Decker scored reading as "improvement needed" in most grades except early childhood, and said oral-reading-fluency (ORF) progress monitoring showed gains in early grades. She noted MAP testing was phased out for grades 6–8 and that the district uses Amira for some assessments. For early childhood and kindergarten benchmarks the district reported higher benchmark percentages (for example, early benchmarks around 86% meeting standards versus previous lower figures). Miss Decker emphasized…
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