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RSU 04 administrators present NWEA results and flag chronic absenteeism as key challenge
Summary
Administrators and principals reviewed multi-year NWEA cohort data, explained norm changes and growth-goal interpretation, and said chronic absenteeism (about 32% last year) and inconsistent staffing are major challenges shaping literacy and math interventions across elementary, middle and high schools.
At a regularly scheduled meeting, RSU 04 administrators presented a multi-school data packet showing cohort-level NWEA results, growth-goal percentages and attendance metrics. Shelley (administrator leading the presentation) cautioned that NWEA norms changed this fall and emphasized that the percent meeting growth goals reflects expected growth set by NWEA, not by the district.
Administrators and principals described instructional responses to the data. At the…
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