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Board reviews midyear Read 180 and IXL data and targets attendance interventions
Summary
District presenters reported midyear gains on Read 180 and IXL benchmarks for middle-school grades but flagged the 8th-grade cohort and large skill gaps; the board discussed master-schedule and remediation strategies and attendance interventions targeting students with 70–80% attendance.
District staff presented midyear assessment results showing measurable gains on Read 180 and IXL benchmarks across middle-school grades and explained how Read 180 licenses were doubled midyear to support targeted instruction. The middle-school data showed growth in many cohorts, but trustees and staff focused on an 8th-grade group with little math improvement and expressed concern about gaps that could affect the 8th-to-9th-grade transition.
Staff described an attendance challenge targeting students who attend 70–80% of the time and said teams of teachers meet weekly to identify small interventions; the middle school attendance band was a primary target. Justine (Speaker 9) summarized programmatic steps: continuing Read 180, wide use of IXL with 'arena' adaptive assessments and teacher-assigned lessons, and master-schedule meetings to align remediation and make staffing decisions for declining enrollment.
"Our students are making more growth than what is typical for these programs," Justine said when reviewing IXL/Read 180 progress. Trustees asked for a cross-school data meeting and for staff to propose remediation pathways, including potential freshmen-targeted math classes and differentiated literacy supports. The superintendent said the middle school has been placed back 'on watch' and emphasized urgency for measurable improvements.
