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Preliminary MAP/EOC scores prompt board demand for disaggregated data; AMI (continuity) plan tabled for more detail
Summary
Assessment staff presented preliminary MAP and EOC results showing modest gains overall but a dip in government scores; members asked for school-level and student-level breakdowns. The board reviewed the district's AMI continuity plan (three models) but tabled formal approval pending more detail on device access and implementation.
Assessment staff presented preliminary MAP and EOC scores to the Normandy Schools Collaborative board and described trends the district should watch as it prepares for formal DESE releases later this year.
Anthony Taylor, coordinator of assessment and data, stressed that the numbers presented were preliminary and subject to DESE’s official release and cleanup in November. He said the district tested more students this year — reducing the number of levels-not-determined — and that most content areas showed modest improvement. "These are preliminary scores," Taylor said, and added that appeals and state scrubbing could change individual results.
Board members asked for detailed, school-by-school and student-level data so principals and teachers can tailor interventions. Directors also requested cohort analyses and per-classroom breakdowns to see where instruction is working and where interventions are needed.
Separately, the board reviewed the district’s 2025–26 Alternative Methods of Instruction (AMI) plan, which outlines three models: (a) fully remote synchronous/asynchronous instruction for long-term closures, (b) packet-based instruction for limited digital access and (c) hybrid rotation models. Several directors raised concerns about packet distribution during severe weather days, device access for families and the need for AMI drills and teacher training. One director said the district must stop treating devices and access as an afterthought.
After discussion, the board voted to table approval of the AMI plan and asked staff to return in September with more implementation detail, including how devices would be provided or managed and how packets would be distributed in a way that does not require families to travel during hazardous conditions.
No changes to assessment appeals or official reporting were made; staff committed to providing disaggregated data to the board and principals for planning and to bringing an updated AMI implementation plan to the next meeting.
