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WCPS early-learning shows strong KRA gains; pre-K students outperform peers
Summary
District early-learning staff reported KRA results showing WCPS incoming kindergartners outperformed Maryland averages in literacy (61.7% vs. 57%) and math (61.1% vs. 55.3%); students who attended WCPS pre-K had higher 'established' rates (literacy 70%, math 67.2%).
Kelly Longerbeam, coordinator for early learning, and Gina Hoover, early learning lead teacher, presented the district’s kindergarten readiness assessment (KRA) results taken this past fall on the STAR Renaissance platform.
“61.7% of our students are established” in literacy, Longerbeam said, comparing WCPS results to the Maryland state average of 57% established. For math, Longerbeam reported 61.1% of incoming…
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