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Centennial’s winter assessments show reading and math growth, presenter says
Summary
A district education presenter said winter local assessments show K–3 DIBELS above national mid-year benchmarks and that substantial numbers of K–8 students moved from intervention tiers into grade-level tiers in reading and math.
The education-committee presenter (introduced to the board as Mr. Rudz) reviewed the district’s winter local-assessment results and said the data show continuing growth across grades.
For K–3 DIBELS, he said, "All 3 grades, all grades, excuse me, all 4 grades in K–3 scored above the national, middle of the year benchmark." For K–8 reading measured with i-Ready, he reported a 9% movement of students from tiers 2 and 3 into tier 1 at midyear — a change he said represents about 700 students and roughly 28 classrooms. For K–8 math he reported a 14% movement into tier 1 from fall to winter, which he said represents about 490 students (about 20 classrooms).
On typical-growth measures, Rudz said the district is above national medians: "The national norm for reading, with i-Ready, is 55%. We are currently sitting at 80% of that bucket of growth at the halfway point of the year." For math he reported typical-growth at about 58%, compared with a national median of 52%.
He cautioned that a field test of advanced students in some grades had removed those students from the I-Ready math dataset, and that those students’ results were reported separately. Board members praised the continued growth and asked for comparisons with prior years; Rudz said growth trends are comparable to the last several years and described growth as a precursor to future achievement gains.
Why it matters: Local assessment trends inform instruction, intervention and resource allocation. The numbers presented will feed into planning, multi-tiered systems of support and curriculum consistency work.
What’s next: The education committee and district staff will continue to monitor and refine interventions and report back on year-end achievement indicators.
