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Poughkeepsie district presents 2024–25 assessment results and outlines literacy, math and extended-learning initiatives
Summary
District leaders presented 2024–25 assessment results showing mixed gains and declines across subjects, described a 5.1 percentage‑point jump in global history proficiency, and outlined initiatives including a common K–8 curriculum, expanded extended-learning, literacy interventions and weekly instructional walks to boost outcomes.
District instructional leaders presented assessment results and improvement plans at the Nov. 19 workshop, framing local outcomes within national trends and listing concrete initiatives the district will use to raise proficiency.
A presenter gave national context using the 2024 NAEP release — noting national proficiency rates around 39% for fourth‑grade math and about 31% for fourth‑grade reading — and the presenters said that Poughkeepsie’s results should be viewed within that broader national picture.
Lisa Spitzer Perry (identified in the agenda materials as the district’s director of data and assessment) reviewed slides comparing 2023–24 to 2024–25 proficiency bands across schools and the…
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