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Lebanon board hears spring MAP results and a briefing on Senate Bill 141 accountability changes
Summary
The superintendent told the board that spring interim MAP results showed district growth above national averages in reading and math and explained how Oregon’s Senate Bill 141 will change accountability, require public reporting and could allow state‑directed use of funds after repeated target misses.
The Lebanon Community School District received an overview of spring 2026 interim MAP assessment results and a briefing on Oregon’s Senate Bill 141 during its regular board meeting.
The superintendent told the board districtwide MAP math growth ranked at the 59th percentile, and achievement improved from the 43rd percentile in the fall to the 48th in the spring. Reading growth was reported at the 61st percentile. The presentation highlighted particularly strong primary‑grade growth; first‑grade achievement rose from the 35th percentile in the fall to the 58th in the spring, the superintendent said.
The briefing also covered Senate Bill 141, which establishes eight statewide performance metrics — including third‑grade reading, eighth‑grade math, on‑track‑to‑graduate measures, on‑time graduation and attendance — and requires districts to select a local metric. Lebanon plans to use interim assessment growth as its local metric because the district already administers those interims three times per year. The superintendent said districts will be required to publicly report progress toward state targets.
Board members pressed staff about gaps in middle‑school support. Staff said the transition from self‑contained elementary classrooms to shorter, departmentalized middle‑school periods, fewer support staff and limited Title I funds contribute to weaker middle‑school growth. District staff reported a master‑schedule change for next year — reducing the number of class periods and adding a common support period (described as a “Spartan” period) so all students receive scheduled time for math or language‑arts support.
Board members also asked whether the Oregon Department of Education and local education service districts (ESDs) have capacity to support hundreds of districts under the new law. The superintendent said the state has begun releasing district targets (Lebanon’s targets were released mid‑day) and that the district will analyze and submit required plans by the August deadline ahead of the 2026–27 baseline year.
Next steps: staff will present the district’s target analyses and implementation plans to the board before state deadlines and continue reporting interim results publicly as required by the new law.
