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Carlisle Area SD presents K–12 math review, cites strong elementary gains and uneven state results
Summary
District staff told the board a multi‑year effort on elementary math and new benchmark tools produced strong fluency gains (example: a cohort’s multiplication/division mastery rose from 7.3% to 32.2%), but state assessments remain uneven; administrators recommended continued MTSS expansion, common assessments, and targeted math interventions.
District instructional leaders gave the Carlisle Area School District board a detailed K–12 briefing on Wednesday outlining assessment practices, recent curriculum work and steps the district is taking to boost math proficiency across grades.
"What we bring to the board, the PSSA and Keystone tests, are really the tip of a much larger iceberg," said Dr. Gojoy, summarizing the presentation’s organizing metaphor. Presenters said the district combines statewide summative tests with a wide set of benchmark, diagnostic and formative tools — including a PDE pilot called Firefly, Acadience benchmarks, Reflex fluency checks and common assessments created and used across schools — to inform instruction and interventions.
Elementary staff described a 90‑minute daily math block (whole‑group instruction, a roughly 15‑minute classwide Spring Math…
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