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Ithaca committee weighs K–5 science curriculum, requests data on instruction and assessments
Summary
Ithaca City School District curriculum committee reviewed K–5 science materials, discussed FOSS kits and the state test’s move from grade 4 to 5, and asked staff to provide subgroup data, schedule-based instructional minutes, and recommendations for a possible exploratory year of curriculum pilots.
The Ithaca City School District curriculum committee on Tuesday reviewed elementary science curriculum options and asked staff for district-level data that would guide any decision to pilot or adopt a single K–5 program.
Mary, the district presenter, told the committee that recent state-level changes — including new personal finance and enhanced climate education expectations — increase the need for alignment across curriculum, instruction and assessment. She said the district currently relies on FOSS kits in kindergarten through fifth grade and has compiled curriculum maps and report-card links for board review.
"We currently use FOSS as our science curriculum," Mary told the committee, and said…
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