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Phoenix Union adopts interim ACT/NWEA progress-monitoring goals, sets calendar to track fall–spring benchmarks
Summary
The Phoenix Union board on Oct. 2 adopted interim goals using NWEA MAP benchmarks that aim, for example, to increase the share of 11th-grade students scoring 19+ on the ACT reading to 25%; the board also approved a draft progress-monitoring calendar and asked staff to report back on data collection and community input.
The Phoenix Union High School District governing board adopted a package of interim goals and a progress-monitoring calendar on Oct. 2 aimed at tracking year-long progress toward board-set ACT targets.
District presenters explained the proposed interim goals are SMART-format checkpoints based primarily on NWEA MAP interim benchmarks. For reading, the recommended target tied to board goal 2 is that 25% of eleventh-grade students (class of 2027) score 19 or higher on the ACT reading; the district used NWEA-derived RIT score targets for fall, winter and spring…
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