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Anchorage district reports modest GPA gains, outlines targeted coaching and interventions
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District staff told the board a modest rise in unweighted GPAs — from 55.5% to 57.1% meeting the 2.7 benchmark among high-school students — and described focused strategies for sustaining gains, including new graduation coaches funded by federal Title grants targeted to high-need schools.
Anchorage School District officials told the board April 21 that focused efforts on ninth-grade transitions and targeted interventions are producing modest gains in cumulative GPA metrics and on-track-to-graduate indicators.
District leaders said the overall percentage of students with an unweighted GPA of 2.7 or higher improved from 55.5% to 57.1%. Staff credited investments in ninth-grade programming, guaranteed experiences, PLC work among teachers and new graduation-coach positions for the gains.
Sean Prince, senior director of teaching and…
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