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District reports 78.4% of ninth-graders 'on track'; staff outline targeted interventions
Summary
District data show 78.4% of ninth-graders met the state "on-track" credit threshold last year, with large disparities at the online academy; school leaders described house-based teams, strategy teachers, and plans for semester credit recovery to improve outcomes.
The David Douglas School District presented a data-focused update on Dec. 11 showing that 78.4% of ninth-graders met the state’s "ninth-grade on-track" measure last year, a figure district presenters said had fallen during COVID and is now recovering but still lags some peers.
In the presentation, staff noted the online academy’s ninth-grade students had markedly lower outcomes: about 23% met the 6-credit threshold there, compared with roughly 80% at the main high school campus. The district cautioned that some small subgroup numbers can be volatile and that the on-track…
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