Good examples are out there – can they be replicated?
wrapped up its look at the college readiness of the district’s high schoolers March 28 at a meeting of the board of trustees. The takeaway was the same as three weeks earlier – there has been a dip in the number of students who are ready for college or a career, and the district is scrambling to improve performance.
One of the district’s CCMR goals is for the percentage of students who are on track to earn at least 12 college credit hours to increase from 9.8% in August 2021 to 25% by August 2026. The data presented at the meeting showed that the percentage of students likely to meet this metric has actually dipped from previous years – only 8.4% of students in grades 9-12 are on track to earn 12 or more college credit hours this school year.
“How is it that someone just got here from Afghanistan and it’s their second year and they’ve come so far and are doing so well.” Administrators identified several root causes for the relatively low numbers, including a lack of alignment between instruction and testing and the absence in the district of a comprehensive case management system. They expressed the hope they could get a case management system in place by the next school year.
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