Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Preston County Schools outlines policy changes to comply with Third Grade Success Act
Summary
At a Title I advisory workshop, district staff reviewed revisions to promotion/retention policy 3-24 to align with the state Third Grade Success Act, explaining SAT review, retest and summer-school options and a superintendent-level appeal process; staff estimated roughly 12% of third graders could be candidates for retention under current scores.
Katie Rush, the district K–8 curriculum director and Title I coordinator, told the Preston County Board of Education’s special work session that the district is rewriting its promotion and retention policy to comply with the state Third Grade Success Act.
"So the reason we are, reviewing this policy and making big changes to the policy is so that we are in compliance with the third grade success act," Rush said, opening the policy review and walking the group through proposed procedures for third graders who "do not meet" on the state GSA.
The district presentation laid out a multi-step process for third-grade students who fail to meet the state standard on the West Virginia General Summative Assessment (GSA). First, those students enter the SAT (Student Assistance Team) review, where teachers and the SAT team examine test scores and supports provided during the year.…
Already have an account? Log in
Subscribe to keep reading
Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.
- Unlimited articles
- AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
- Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
- Follow topics and more locations
- 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
