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Easton district presents assessment baseline, cites literacy and math as urgent priorities
Summary
District curriculum staff told the board the district is not on track to meet its proficiency targets and outlined a plan centered on structured literacy (ECRI), MTSS, principal coaching and expanded assessments including Acadience/DIBELS, STAR and IXL.
District curriculum and instruction staff presented baseline student-assessment data and an implementation plan at the Dec. 2 board meeting, saying the district must accelerate structured literacy and math instruction to meet proficiency goals.
Assistant Superintendent Anita Draper told the board the district’s short-term target is to have 75% of students at or above benchmark this year, with an ultimate target of 80% by 2027. Draper and the curriculum-and-instruction (C&I) team reviewed a decade of PSSA results showing post‑2019 declines and said mathematics proficiency in particular remains below state averages…
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