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Upshur County Schools report early test-score gains as board presses state for oversight clarity
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The Upshur County superintendent presented preliminary test-score gains across grades and said official accountability figures will arrive in September; board members pressed state officials for clearer communication about ongoing oversight and audit issues.
The Upshur County Board of Education heard preliminary student-assessment results and pressed state officials for clearer oversight updates at its July meeting. Superintendent reported across-grade improvements in mathematics and English language arts but said the figures are not yet final for state accountability.
The superintendent told the board the materials provided were an initial look and have not been scrubbed for accountability: "So that's just the first look at test scores at this point." She walked members through cohort scaled-score changes — including a 36-point increase for one third-grade cohort and a 54-point increase for a cohort moving from sixth to…
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