Del Valle ISD presents early-math progress measures, highlights gaps for students receiving special education
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Summary
District staff said they are using MAP Growth as the lead measure for an early-mathematics board goal that aims to increase third-grade STAAR math from 27% to 60% within five years and highlighted subgroup gaps—special education students were reported at 14.5% on grade level in kindergarten.
Doctor Cantu and the district math team presented a goal-progress update on early mathematics and the district's approach to measuring growth.
Cantu said the district has four board goals under Lone Star governance and that early numeracy is a targeted GPM: "We're looking at goal 2… and we were looking at how many students are actually at the meets or above grade level on STAAR math. We want that to increase from 27% to 60% over the next 5 years." He described using MAP Growth as the lead measure because it evaluates conceptual understanding, procedural fluency, problem solving and adaptive reasoning.
Staff walked trustees through grade-by-grade targets and current starting points: kindergarten students began the year near 23.6% on grade level with a target of 38.7 by June 2028; special education students in kindergarten were reported at 14.5% on grade level, creating the largest gap the presentation highlighted. First- and second-grade cohorts were identified as areas needing concentrated interventions; fifth-grade showed notably stronger early results for one cohort.
Andrea Jaramillo described supports: district PLCs for K–Algebra II teachers, coaching cycles, classroom observations and a math instructional framework co-developed with teacher representation and Carnegie Learning. She said staff are producing parent-facing videos (initially English and Spanish) to show families how to navigate the curriculum and suggested ways parents can ask students about weekly learning.
Trustees asked about cross-campus collaboration, equitable implementation and language access for parent resources; staff said the videos will be posted in the parent portal, currently in English and Spanish, with broader translation under consideration. Middle-of-year MAP results are due to be processed in January and reported back to the board in February.
Why it matters: The presentation set explicit numeric goals tied to student assessment data and identified subgroups (notably students receiving special education services) where additional resources will be targeted.
Next steps: Staff will return in February with middle-of-year MAP results and continue PLC and curriculum rollout work.