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Greenwich school board reviews student achievement data in ELA, math and science 8:00

  • Earlier, a staff member recommended moving the capital budget item on the October 22nd business meeting from action to information because several items were still outstanding. 0:48
  • A staff member said the district ranked in the top 10% of 169 Connecticut districts on several SBA and NGSS science measures and identified middle school growth, the high-needs population and SAT metrics as areas of focus. 8:00
  • District staff presented academic achievement data covering ELA, math, science and AP results. 8:33
  • The meeting ended with a motion to adjourn. 1:45:37
Item by item (10)
  1. Opening and pledge 0:01
    • The meeting opened at around 7:13 on October 8th with the Pledge of Allegiance. 0:01
  2. Capital budget planning 0:35
    • A staff member said the capital plan document had one change, adding the roof project at Old Greenwich for $4 million. 0:48
    • The staff member recommended moving the item off the October 22nd business meeting from action to information because the Riverside Building Committee was still reviewing cost estimates and phasing and HVAC project numbers might change. 0:48
    • Asked about the effect on BET or RTM approvals, the staff member said town departments are due before Thanksgiving, the BET sees the budget in February and the RTM in May. 1:46
  3. Academic data overview 2:49
    • A staff member said results showed steady progress across SBA and NGSS science alongside growth in SAT math, and said state tests are one piece of the district's data. 3:48
    • Another staff member said the district ranked in the top 10% of 169 Connecticut districts on several SBA and NGSS science measures and on the math SAT school day assessment. 8:24
    • The staff member said the district was focusing on middle school growth, performance of high-needs students and SAT metrics districtwide. 8:55
  4. ELA achievement and growth 11:04
    • Asked about a drop in ELA scores from 5th to 6th grade, a staff member said the 16 comparison districts also saw the dip and that daily ELA time falls from 120 minutes to an hour and a half. 13:42
    • Veronica Chiavaroli asked about the performance of the cohort affected by COVID, and a staff member said that cohort started at 68 in 3rd grade and went to 79 and then 81. 18:13
    • A staff member said state growth targets were set in 2014 and count only whether a student meets the target, and agreed to provide average percent of target achieved data to the board. 23:40
  5. SAT support and advanced English 31:58
    • A staff member said 9th and 10th graders would take the SAT twice a year starting this year and teachers would use a bank of released College Board questions. 32:16
    • A speaker asked why over a quarter of students in advanced English scored as on track, and a staff member said middle school placement is based on a committee review of multiple measures, not a single test. 34:38
    • A staff member said 97% of those students were making their growth targets. 38:52
  6. Math achievement and curriculum 39:18
    • A staff member said on-level students at Western and Central middle schools have a math and a half class, which was trialed last year at Western. 44:31
    • A staff member said Big Ideas Math was adopted 5 years ago and 84% of teachers said to stick with it, and a staff member reported the district's APTA average for math was 74.9%. 53:42
    • Asked about AI, a staff member said student use of AI in math is virtually nonexistent in the K through 8 range and that it is used to help differentiate with teachers. 1:05:19
  7. Science achievement 1:07:40
    • A staff member said the state science test is given in 5th, 8th and 11th grades and covers up to 3 years of content. 1:09:27
    • A staff member said elementary students get 30 minutes of science a day for half the year, while another staff member said peer districts average 45 to 60 minutes daily for 5th graders. 1:14:08
    • A staff member said 100% of the strategic plan goals in science had been met. 1:21:08
  8. Item 1:21:48
    • A staff member said 78.3% of students in grades 3 through 8 achieved on the math SBA, an all-time high, with 58% at level 4. 1:22:42
    • A staff member said students with access to ceramics grew from 200 and change to over 500, and AP music theory enrollment rose from 2 students to 10. 1:24:04
    • A staff member said 385 students took the AP Lang test with a mean score of 4. 1:28:23
  9. School-level growth strategies 1:30:44
    • A staff member said all school improvement plans will be posted to school sites on November 1st. 1:30:44
    • Asked about gains at three schools, a speaker cited weekly leadership meetings, teachers looking at NWEA MAP data together and Title I funds used for a form of power tutoring. 1:31:32
    • A middle school staff member described after-school support funded by Title I money and a 7th grade extension class to prepare students for Algebra 1 in 8th grade. 1:39:00
  10. Closing and adjournment 1:44:34
    • A motion to adjourn was made and seconded. 1:45:37
    • The meeting was adjourned. ~1:45:47

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Video: posted by the district as “October 8, 2026 Board of Education Retreat”