Keene Riverview Elementary outlines SIP goals after midyear i-Ready checks

Miss Wilson presented the Keene Riverview Elementary School Improvement Plan and midyear assessment results to the board, framing goals around students' 'typical growth' rather than end-of-year grade-level attainment.

"We have an ELA goal: 68 percent of students will meet their typical growth goal in i-Ready," she said, explaining that 'typical growth' is individualized based on each student's starting assessment level and that PLCs set trimester SMART goals that teachers monitor. She said the school is tracking growth through tools including ARC, IRLA and i-Ready.

Miss Wilson said midyear i-Ready data show roughly 43% of students on grade level in reading and about 26% on grade level in math; about 21% of students had already met typical-growth expectations at the midyear check. She provided classroom examples (TK letter-name work, second-grade goals tied to ARC reading-level gains) and emphasized using unit-aligned assessments and PLC analysis to accelerate growth in the remainder of the year.

Board members asked for additional context about how typical-growth metrics relate to end-of-year expectations; staff said i-Ready is benchmarked to end-of-year standards and that the spring administration (typically in May) will report final results. The board asked for a summer update showing how students finish the school year relative to these midyear targets.