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Pasco School District reports small gains in algebra completion, shifts to tiered method for measuring improvement
Summary
Pasco School District presented a progress-monitoring report showing modest increases in ninth-grade algebra completion and adopted a tiered standard-deviation system to recognize smaller but meaningful gains. Board members asked for methodological details, clearer visuals and sample-size counts before receiving final answers.
Superintendent Whitney told the Pasco School District Board of Directors at a study session that the district is using a new tiered approach to measure "significant improvement" in student math outcomes and reported modest gains in algebra completion.
"One of the goals that you identified ... connected to the strategic plan is around algebra completion or our outrageous outcome of 100 percent of our students will pass algebra by the end of ninth grade," Whitney said, framing the algebra target as a long-term ambition rather than a claim the district has already met. The presentation offered a cohort view of algebra credits earned and showed a 1.1 percentage-point increase in ninth-grade algebra passage from the class of '27 to the class of '28 and a 15-point…
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