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Presenter reports strong I-Ready gains and 2nd-grade growth at Taylor Community School Corp
Summary
School presenters told the Taylor Community School Corp board that buildingwide I-Ready growth approached mid-90s percent and 2nd grade showed exceptional gains (156% annual typical reading growth), while noting challenges from transient students and subgroup needs.
A presenter at the Taylor Community School Corp meeting reported strong year-end student assessment gains, saying the building’s I-Ready annual typical growth for math and English-language arts was in the mid-90s and that 2nd grade posted a 156% reading growth figure.
The presenter said the school’s goal is 100% growth — meaning the average student gains one full grade level in a year — and that a multi-year trend has begun to turn upward. “We’re super excited about how some of our data came up,” the presenter said. The presenter later summarized that average progress-to-annual-typical-growth across the building was about 94%. The presenter also singled out 2nd grade: “That means the average student 2nd grade grew a grade level and a half,” noting 92% of 2nd graders met the school’s stretch-growth target.
Officials tied those gains to classroom instruction and new reading curriculum work. The presenter emphasized 38 third-grade students had already passed the IV3 assessment, and said roughly 69–70% of the current cohort were passing or on track after 2nd grade; another 20–24% were within reach of meeting the benchmark by the end of 3rd grade.
Board members and staff raised caveats about counting and comparability: the presenter noted more than 30% of the current 3rd-grade cohort are students with special education needs or English-learning status (ELL), which complicates growth calculations. Staff also warned that late move-ins and move-outs affect which students “count” for state results; one staff member reported 81 students enrolled from other districts during the school year, roughly one-quarter of the building population.
At least one board member questioned the numbers’ reliability during the session, asking, “Are we plugging in fictitious numbers?” The presenter responded that the school maintains working documents and an admin dashboard to track student data and that the counts are not fabricated.
On high-school assessments, an agency official reported gains on freshmen iLearn biology proficiency (cited as a rise from about 39% to 47% in a recent year) and described planned supports — SAT prep beginning after Labor Day and targeted algebra interventions — to improve college- and career-readiness outcomes as the district adapts to new diploma requirements.
What happens next: presenters offered to share detailed class- and student-level reports on request and said the district will continue targeted interventions in early grades and algebra to move overall proficiency toward the 100% growth goal.
