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Gilbert Unified District trustees hear mid-year academic gains, targets math and early literacy
Summary
District teaching-and-learning leaders presented mid-year assessment data showing steady gains in K–12 reading and math, highlighted special education progress and rising AP participation, and outlined targeted teacher training and campus-level impact checks to address remaining gaps.
Teaching-and-learning staff for the Gilbert Unified District opened the board’s work-study meeting with a mid-year academic review that they said shows consistent, districtwide gains across grade levels and subject areas.
The presentation, introduced by Dr. Jared Ryan and delivered by Dr. Cox and Mr. Bircher, focused on middle‑of‑year (MOI) assessments intended to predict summative results. Dr. Cox said first‑grade CBMR (a one‑minute words‑read fluency check) rose modestly, "from 52 percent proficient to 56," and warned that state research shows "88 percent of struggling readers at the end of first grade still struggle by fourth grade," underscoring early literacy as a priority.
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