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Fulton board highlights gains in state assessments, district labeled 'targeted' for additional state support
Summary
Administrators told the Fulton City School District board that students showed year-to-year growth across grades 3–8 and strong Regents performance at the secondary level; the district was designated a "targeted" district because two schools met state thresholds that trigger additional support and planning.
Fulton City School District administrators on Tuesday presented 2024–25 state assessment results showing measurable cohort growth in third through eighth grades and strong performance by high-school students on Regents exams.
At a board meeting that ran through a multi-part presentation on academic performance, district staff said the district’s approach — aligned curricula, professional learning teams (PLTs) and cross-level scoring calibration — is producing gains even though many students enter kindergarten below county peers. “We have a very significant amount of growth in that area,” said Mister Sherman, who explained student growth percentiles (SGPs) and pointed to progress among students who began at level 1 and level 2.
Why it matters: the New York State ESSA accountability update released to the district shows two schools in the system reached…
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