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PGCPS reports early literacy gains, expands Amplify tutoring and adopts automated scoring for benchmarks
Summary
At a Dec. 15 Academic Achievement Committee meeting, Prince George's County Public Schools officials reported a 98% DIBELS participation rate and preliminary Benchmark 1 gains (≈+5 points in reading and math), outlined Amplify virtual tutoring in 30 schools, and said Pearson automated scoring was used for reading constructed responses.
Chair Jonathan Briggs opened the Dec. 15 meeting of the Prince George's County Public Schools Academic Achievement Committee as staff presented beginning-of-year DIBELS results and preliminary Benchmark 1 performance. Dr. Jamie Bowers said the district completed beginning-of-year DIBELS testing in October with a 98% completion rate, representing 36,893 student assessments, and noted that reporting from vendor Amplify looks different this year after a platform change.
Bowers said grade 2 and grade 3 are ‘‘very close’’ to the district goal of 50% of students at or above the benchmark (reported at about 48% and 49%, respectively), with grade 1 at 46%. He highlighted subgroup results: approximately 32% of students identified for special education were at or above benchmark on composite DIBELS at the beginning of the year, and about 24% of multilingual learners were at or above. Bowers also flagged…
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