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Board hears progress on reading curriculum pilot and upcoming testing schedule
Summary
Staff reported piloting a new reading curriculum, three seasonal tests (fall, winter, spring) with retest opportunities, and plans to use data for remediation; staff said earlier pilot data were poor and they hope new data will be more useful.
Staff updated the board on a new reading curriculum and an assessment schedule designed to provide data for targeted remediation. Presenter S5 said the district will administer three tests—fall, winter and spring—with initial test weeks running "this coming week to the following week and to the 1st week of October," after which the district will receive data to guide interventions and retests as needed.
S5 noted the district piloted the test last year and characterized the prior data as poor; the current rollout aims to avoid being "blindsided" and to ensure usable results for educators to act on. Board members expressed support for using data to meet individual students’ needs.
