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Davis County schools report modest gains in early math and literacy, set new targets
Summary
District officials told the board the early learning plan produced gains in key early-math and literacy measures (notably a 3% increase in next-number fluency and a 24% kindergarten improvement locally) and outlined targets and supports for the coming year.
TJ Strain, the district's early-learning presenter, told the Davis County School District board at a workshop that the district met several year-end targets and set new goals for the coming year. "We did meet this goal. We did maintain, and we improved by 3% in that area," he said of next-number fluency, a foundational early-math skill.
The presentation laid out specific results: the district reported a 3% gain in next-number fluency; kindergarten through third-grade benchmark performance measured 58.44% (short of a stated 60% state target), and grades 1'3 were at 57% on comparable measures. On early literacy, the district reached 67% of K'6 students at or above typical growth (against a 72% local target). Strain emphasized…
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