District reports early literacy screening, middle‑school grading plan and encouraging preACT trends

District administrators provided multi‑level curriculum and assessment updates, highlighting early literacy screening, a multi‑year grading initiative at the middle school and local preACT testing at the high school.

Speaker 9 summarized the AIMSweb Plus implementation for K–4, noting the district administered its winter window early to accelerate diagnostics and Personalized Reading Plans (PRPs). She cautioned that timing differences (some students tested in December versus January) likely affected some percentile changes for kindergarten and first grade, and said administration will review results again in April.

At the middle‑school level, Speaker 2 outlined a three‑year plan to implement standards‑based, evidence‑based grading. The district will begin with core content areas (ELA and math) so teachers and grade‑book systems can adapt; Infinite Campus customizations and parent communication plans were cited as essential steps. "We will maintain letter grades on the report card while we're doing standards‑based grading in the grade book," Speaker 2 said, describing an initial conversion process.

Speaker 2 also described the district’s first local preACT administration, given this fall for grades 9–11 to provide formative instructional data. He reported that sophomores’ fall composite score rose from 19.8 in the prior spring to 20.7 this fall and described that as an encouraging sign, while noting the local preACT is formative and does not change official accountability metrics.

Administrators said they will bring additional assessments (I‑Ready for intermediate/middle) and AP participation data to upcoming curriculum committee meetings and continue to use this data to shape interventions and course advising.