District reports most third‑graders promoted after interventions; two students retained

District staff presented spring assessment results and third‑grade promotion outcomes at the June 9 board meeting, describing how interventions, retesting and good‑cause exemptions were applied under the Learns Act.

According to the presentation, district and state distributions differed slightly: Springdale had a higher share of students scoring at the lowest level (26% level one versus 22% statewide) and comparable shares at higher levels. Staff said the district used a window (May 18–June 30) to provide interventions and retests, hired substitutes to free teachers to coach students during retakes, and collected data that remain provisional until the state closes its window.

The district reported that out of 403 students who initially scored level one on the Atlas summative assessment, 390 qualified for a good‑cause exemption and were promoted; two parents requested retention for reasons that included maturity and age and the schools agreed, resulting in two students retained. Staff described their retesting results as favorable compared with preliminary statewide retake numbers: district retests moved many students to a passing level and staff said they expect growth scores to show stronger student progress.

Board members asked about teacher assignments, and administrators said they had enrolled teachers in pathways to reach master designation and expect staffing to be in place for fall. The district stressed that final, scrubbed data and growth scores are pending and that numbers are subject to change when the state completes its processing.