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Tucker County Board: district meets state indicators but flags math progress and attendance
Summary
District staff told the Board that the district was one of 21 in the state to meet required accreditation indicators, but highlighted shortfalls in math progress and student attendance that the district will prioritize this year.
The Tucker County Board of Education heard an academic update in which staff said the district met the state's required indicators but identified math progress and attendance as areas needing improvement.
"We were one of 21 school districts in the State to meet all of our indicators," a staff member told the board, summarizing an email from Jim Brown and the district's recent accreditation materials. The report covered required audits and data collections, including CTE, nutrition, special education, transportation and an upcoming preschool audit.
Board members asked for detail on how "math progress" is measured. Staff explained that for combined elementary/middle schools the eighth-grade scores feed the metric and that high school progress uses 11th-grade SAT data; targets are set relative to prior-year performance and multi-year goals.
The staff member also noted the district met county operational effectiveness indicators but is focusing this school year on raising math achievement and progress metrics, and on sustaining gains in attendance.
The board did not take action on academic policy at the meeting; next steps described were continuing school- and county-level goal-setting and having building principals set aligned targets.
