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School leaders describe new instructional cycles and midyear gaps in early grades
Summary
At a special LSSC session at New River Intermediate, school presenters outlined new writing and math instructional cycles and midyear I‑Ready/GSA data showing third grade 11 percentage points behind state math averages and other mixed grade-level results; staff described PLC changes and targeted interventions to close the gaps.
New River Intermediate staff told the Local School Site Council that this year’s top academic priorities are a math instructional cycle tied to Cambium mastery assessments and a pre/post writing cycle designed to improve rigor and measurable growth. Ms. McDonald, the host presenter, said teachers now deconstruct standards, build mastery assessments that mirror the GSA, plan instruction in PLCs, and regroup students based on assessment results to run targeted interventions tracked with i‑Ready.
The school presented midyear comparisons that showed third graders about 11 percentage…
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