JCPS scores rise higher after pandemic than other districts in state
JCPS saw higher test score growth after the pandemic than Kentucky's statewide average and ranked highly among other large school districts in the nation, according to a new study.
Researchers at Harvard and Stanford universities compared data from schools across the nation, comparing test scores from third- through eighth-graders before and after the pandemic, publishing the results in an Education Recovery Scorecard.
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Math scores at JCPS for the 2022-23 school year grew by 0.21 grade level equivalents, compared to 0.17 statewide.
JCPS reading scores grew by 0.35 grade level equivalents, while growth was 0.26 statewide.
"We need to keep doing what we're doing because we've been doing it now for the better part of about a year and we are seeing positive outcomes," said JCPS Superintendent Marty Pollio. "If we continue doing this, we'll continue seeing the growth we anticipate and data we have not seen before with student outcomes."
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Pollio credited his "Future State" strategy, which he unveiled in 2019 and continues to roll out throughout the district. Implementation was delayed somewhat by the pandemic, he said.
The strategy consists of district-wide curriculum for reading and math, extra resources for struggling schools and a new student assignment plan that allows more students to attend schools closer to their home, he said.