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Lubbock ISD presents mixed STAR benchmark results; officials flag on-level seventh-grade math as largest persistent concern
Summary
District data show mixed benchmark performance ahead of STAR testing: improvements in some grades and subjects but a persistent shortfall in on-level seventh-grade math attributed to high cut scores, many inexperienced teachers in that assignment, and an expanded set of standards. Staff outlined PD, coaching and a middle-school task force.
LUBBOCK — Lubbock ISD administrators told trustees March 12 that benchmark results ahead of the district’s statewide STAR tests are mixed and that on-level seventh-grade math is the district’s most persistent academic problem.
Kim Callison, assistant superintendent for teaching and learning, reminded the board that the district’s “northstar” goal is 80% of students at the meets level by 2026 and walked trustees through grade-by-grade benchmark comparisons. She said third-grade reading is close to targets, fourth-grade math climbed compared with last year’s benchmark, and…
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