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Mesquite ISD outlines assessment changes after audit, highlights ECR rescoring and targeted interventions
Summary
After an outside assessment audit, Mesquite ISD announced changes to assessment procedures, plans to appoint a district assessment lead, the discontinuation of some district checkpoint tests in favor of i-Ready, and targeted strategies to address extended constructed-response (ECR) scoring gaps.
Mesquite Independent School District officials told trustees on Oct. 6 that an external audit of district assessments recommended tighter controls, clearer purpose statements for tests and a single district assessment lead.
Alicia Austin, director of Accountability, Research and Evaluation, summarized the Gibson assessment audit and said it found overlapping tests, unclear purposes and training gaps. The district plans to appoint an assessment lead, streamline benchmarks…
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