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District reports midyear i‑Ready gains; fewer students in tier‑3 in multiple grades
Summary
Teaching-and-learning staff presented midyear benchmark results showing year‑over‑year increases in students meeting expected growth and reductions in students in the lowest tier in reading and math across multiple grades; high‑school data remain preliminary.
District instructional staff reported midyear i‑Ready and ECRA benchmark results at the committee workshop on Feb. 9, describing preliminary but positive trends in both literacy and math.
Presenters said the winter diagnostic data cover approximately 95% of K–8 students in reading and math, with high‑school testing still incomplete. In year‑over‑year comparisons (winter 2025 to winter 2026), staff reported increases of 3–4 percentage points in the share of students in tier‑1 in several lower grades and a 4% decrease in students designated tier‑3 in K–5 reading. The district highlighted strong middle‑school gains: sixth graders had reached about 93% of their typical growth target at midyear, and eighth graders averaged markedly higher growth measures.
Staff cautioned that testing windows were interrupted by snow days and that high‑school numbers are provisional while remaining students are tested. They also noted that the district’s multi‑year literacy work is beginning to show results: ninth‑and‑tenth‑grade vocabulary proficiency in tier‑1 approximately doubled year over year in the diagnostic sample reported at the meeting.
Board members asked clarifying questions about how tiers are assigned (I‑Ready cut scores and normed references) and how percentage changes map to student counts; presenters provided counts for illustrative grade‑level examples, such as an increase from 32 to 43 students in a grade‑level tier‑1 comparison for an informational‑text standard.
Administrators said they will continue collecting spring diagnostics and urged caution in drawing final conclusions until testing is complete.
