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Gilmer County Schools board hears data showing declines in reading, math and science; district sets higher goals
Summary
District staff reported countywide declines on state and college-readiness assessments—reading down 4 points, math down 1 and science down 7—and presented targets and classroom-level interventions including benchmarks, leadership teams and professional development to reverse the trend.
Miss West, the district’s continuous-improvement presenter, told the Gilmer County Schools board that countywide performance on key assessments fell from the prior year: reading decreased about 4 percentage points, math by about 1 point and science by about 7 points. She said the percentages are calculated from juniors’ SAT results and third- through eighth-grade West Virginia General Summative Assessment results and noted variation by school and grade.
The presentation included school-level data: Gilmer County Elementary’s overall ELA average was reported as 42.9%, the middle school’s…
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