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Superintendent Pellegrino reports mixed assessment trends, praises DESE special-education review with no findings
Summary
Superintendent Dr. Pellegrino told the Gardner School Committee that math performance has improved while English-language-arts outcomes for students with disabilities declined; he also said a recent DESE special-education compliance review produced no findings.
Superintendent Dr. Pellegrino told the Gardner School Committee on March 9 that district progress toward several formative goals is mixed and requires targeted actions at the school level.
Pellegrino said the district is tracking five goals (two district goals, two student-learning goals and one professional-practice goal) and that the most important evidence is the data: in his words, "the data doesn't lie." He said classroom engagement targets (80% or more of students on task) were reached in most…
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