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Midyear diagnostics show mixed math gains and strong early-literacy results, committee hears
Summary
District staff presented midyear math growth-measure and Acadience/IXL diagnostic results: third grade and seventh grade showed notable gains, kindergarten Acadience midyear is at its highest midyear level, and presenters cautioned about comparability for ninth-grade math due to course placement.
At the March 9 Woodland Community meeting a staff presenter reviewed midyear assessment results across multiple measures, telling the committee the district’s growth-measure data largely matches last year’s midyear picture with several notable gains and a few areas for attention.
The presenter summarized the math growth measure by grade and highlighted third grade’s 5.7-point jump to 75% midyear and a 13.5-point increase in seventh grade. The presenter noted, “we are at 46.2% [in ninth grade] but that is only our algebra one AB classes right now… next year everyone will get algebra one across the board,” cautioning that ninth-grade comparisons are not directly comparable this year.
The presenter also described Acadience early-literacy results: kindergarten midyear at 64% (higher than the previous year and the highest midyear the district has seen), first grade at 59%, and third grade at 77% midyear. For middle-school diagnostics the presenter said the IXL Flex Benchmark yielded a midyear 66% and described it as the district’s highest IXL midyear figure to date. When a committee member asked whether the IXL diagnostic “includes all of the students” in eighth grade, the presenter replied, “That is correct. That is all eighth grade.”
The presenter repeatedly cautioned that some comparisons are affected by assessment changes and course placement (for example Into Algebra AB in ninth grade and changes to the IXL benchmark). Committee members did not propose policy actions at the meeting; staff reported planned follow-up conversations and staff-development work to address dips in specific grades such as fifth grade.
