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Britney Hodges says Taney Homes students showed strong benchmark growth; 42 completed ST Math and Lexia
Summary
At the April 20 Bay City ISD board meeting, Britney Hodges presented Taney Homes Elementary’s instructional strategies and benchmark results, reporting 42 students completed ST Math and Lexia and citing significant grade‑level growth measures used for TIA teacher incentives.
Britney Hodges, a Bay City ISD staff member, told trustees on April 20 that Taney Homes Elementary has seen notable benchmark gains after implementing weekly coaching, data‑driven interventions and expanded tutorials.
"Tonight, we are here for a very special celebration of excellence. We are honoring a total of 42 students who have shown the compatible perseverance by completing their personalized journeys in code, ST Math and Lexia," Hodges said during the presentation. She described a combination of Tier 1 instruction, a weekly coaching cycle and a campus intervention block called "prime time."
Hodges summarized the campus’s benchmark comparisons and TIA growth calculations used to determine teacher incentives. She reported third‑grade reading showed growth figures that the campus’s template equated to roughly 72 percent in the document presented to trustees, and third‑grade math registered about 70 percent by the same measure. She told the board the data are preliminary benchmark comparisons that campus staff use to target instruction and to identify students for Saturday tutorials and after‑school interventions.
Board members asked how the district sustained the gains. Hodges said staff increased Saturday and after‑school tutorials midyear (from two days to up to four post‑benchmark), used incentives to encourage attendance, and added students into intervention cycles as data indicated need. She described individualized coaching and walk‑through feedback cycles to support teachers.
The presentation included a detailed, teacher‑level breakdown of who would qualify for the TIA incentive allotment: out of 28 teachers submitted for TIA consideration at the campus, staff expected about 20 to qualify under the district’s current calculations. Hodges emphasized that the numbers reflected comparisons of a February benchmark to last year’s STAAR results and that some figures remained preliminary pending final STAAR results.
Next steps Hodges identified included continuing the campus coaching routines, maintaining the intervention schedule, and providing ongoing progress monitoring so teachers can make targeted adjustments.
Provenance: The campus presentation and the key metrics were given during Taney Homes’ report to the board (presentation segments in the meeting record).
