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District leaders outline benchmark gains and testing challenges, including online tools and AI concerns
Summary
District staff reported mixed benchmark results, described efforts to use a test-offering item bank and in-class practice to prepare students for state assessments, and raised concerns about students using outside tools (AI, extra browser windows) during online tests and about accessibility for younger students learning new input methods.
District assessment staff told the board that midyear benchmark data show uneven but promising pockets of growth and that they are using targeted instructional strategies and a state-aligned item bank to improve outcomes. "If we were assessed in reading, writing, language, and mathematics in middle school we had 3% growth," Mr. Houston said, later adding that writing/language rose 21% at the middle-school benchmark and math grew 5% in that cohort.
Staff explained that assessment format — not just content — can affect…
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