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Saucon Valley middle school principal outlines data‑driven plan to address dip in 7th‑grade math growth
Summary
Middle‑school principal Mike Hauser presented item‑level PSSA and MAP analysis showing a pronounced growth dip around grade 7 and proposed targeted curriculum pacing, MTSS refinements and professional development to boost both achievement and growth for economically disadvantaged students.
Middle‑school principal Mike Hauser told the Saucon Valley School Board that while the building shows strong English‑language‑arts growth overall, a persistent pattern in mathematics — particularly a flattening of growth in grade 7 — requires targeted action.
Hauser described an item‑level analysis of three years of PSSA results and local MAP diagnostics that identified weaknesses in nonfiction/text‑dependent analysis for ELA and in geometry and proportional reasoning for math.…
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