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Board presses for principals and teachers after mixed 2024 assessment results; district outlines remediation plans
Summary
District leaders presented preliminary 2024 assessment results showing gains in some areas and notable drops in others; the board requested deeper data review with principals and teachers and authorized targeted interventions including a $75,000 high-dosage tutoring plan focused on fourth- and fifth-grade math.
District leaders presented preliminary 2024 assessment results that show a mix of growth and declines across grades and subjects, prompting questions from the board and a call for closer engagement with principals and teachers.
Presenters said some cohorts showed gains (including a rise in third-grade science), while others declined when the same cohort moved grades. One board member noted third-grade ELA proficiency of 75% for a cohort that measured as 61% when that cohort was counted as fourth graders, a 14-point drop. Math and science performance shifts were also flagged for review. The superintendent and assessment leads said these preliminary numbers are raw outputs from the state portal and that final School Performance Scores (SPS) will be certified later in the year after data cleanup and certifying students who were not enrolled for the full year.
Board members asked for principals and teachers to present directly at a future session and proposed roundtable sessions to examine cohort-level data and specific interventions. District leaders described immediate actions: a $75,000 high-dosage tutoring allocation targeted at fourth- and fifth-grade math, professional development (science-of-reading and numeracy training), and plans to use cohort-tracking to identify and support students who need catch-up instruction.
The board asked staff to provide more granular evidence at future meetings and to schedule targeted data review sessions that include school principals and teachers.
