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District presents math plan, early NWEA results and next steps
Summary
District staff outlined a multi-year math plan, explained adoption of NWEA MAP Growth 6+ with IXL integration and priority standards for Integrated Math 1'3, and described spring testing, summer PD and a Rio Hondo Math Academy pilot. Trustees pressed for school-level disaggregation and equity-focused interventions.
The Alameda Union High School District on Feb. 19 received a detailed update on implementation of its multiyear math plan, which district staff say centers on priority standards, common assessments and more targeted interventions.
"We established this multiyear plan to address math," Dr. Kirk McGinnis, the districtdirector of instruction and curriculum, told the board. He said the plan is organized around curriculum alignment, assessment and data, classroom instruction and a culture of continuous improvement. The district has adopted the NWEA MAP Growth 6+ assessment districtwide and integrated it with IXL to generate individualized skill plans for students.
Alex Sanchez, the districtmath TOSA, outlined the rollout: a needs assessment, consultant support, adoption of MAP Growth 6+ last fall, identification of priority standards for Integrated Math 1'3 and a reduction in Integrated Math 1 class sizes to a 20:1 cap. "We gave out the GROW 6 plus to all schools in the district," Sanchez said, and the system"creates an individual skill plan that is tailored toward that student's needs." He said IXL usage rose districtwide and that the district plans math walk-throughs, lesson-study inquiry cycles, a summer week of collaborative PD and a Rio Hondo Math Academy pilot this summer.
Trustees pressed staff about interpreting winter results. McGinnis and Sanchez explained the quadrant graphic used in presentations: the x-axis shows achievement percentile, the y-axis shows conditional growth percentile. Sanchez cautioned that students who start with low achievement can show high growth yet remain below grade-level proficiency, and that progress must be tracked over several years.
The district scheduled the spring NWEA testing window for April 28May 16 and said it will share more disaggregated data in a potential board study session. "If you want to go micro, I would recommend doing a possible board study session," Sanchez said, offering to present deeper ethnic, subgroup and classroom-level breakdowns.
Whathappens next: staff will administer spring NWEA, run targeted walk-throughs and roll out summer curriculum and Rio Hondo Math Academy materials aligned to the priority standards.
