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Superintendent says DPS preschoolers more than twice as likely to be kindergarten-ready, board presses for more data
Summary
Superintendent Lawrence presented kindergarten readiness (KRA) results showing a districtwide rebound and a large readiness gap between students who attended Dayton Public Schools preschools (35.1% demonstrating readiness) and those who did not (14.1%); board members and staff requested further breakdowns and follow-up reports.
Superintendent Lawrence told the Dayton Public School Board that district kindergarteners’ performance on the state-required Kindergarten Readiness Assessment (KRA) improved overall, with roughly 70% of students in the district categorized as either "emerging" or "demonstrating" readiness and a districtwide 3.3 percentage-point gain compared with the prior fiscal year.
Lawrence and district staff said school-level gains were uneven but notable: Charity Adams rose about 19 percentage points and Horace Mann about 13.9 points, while the district as a whole showed a modest rebound after a decline the year before. "Seventy percent of the district students that are in kindergarten were either emerging or demonstrating readiness, and nearly 1 in 4 of the students…
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