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District unveils five-year math improvement plan with AGA pathway and placement testing
Summary
Ted presented a comprehensive math-improvement plan aiming to raise average eleventh-grade SAT scores from 475 to 500 in one year and establish long-term targets (530 by year 3, 560 by 2031) through curriculum alignment, placement testing, protected instructional time and hiring/selecting math content leads.
The Elizabeth School District board heard a detailed math improvement presentation on March 24 from Ted, who outlined a multi-year strategy to raise college-readiness and address systemic weaknesses identified across grades K–12.
Ted reviewed the district's current metrics and participation: of 173 eleventh graders at the end of last year, just 117 took the SAT and 23.9% of those were proficient, yielding an average scale score of 475. "That's not good enough," Ted told the board, adding that opt-outs and low participation complicate accurate measurement of…
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