Thread by @DataInsightPart

🚧WRONG WAY🚧
No more excuses!

Read the whole thread to understand how CCSD has been driving #NVed in the WRONG direction

We'll review where we've come from and how we've gotten all turned around
- New national data
- Updated teacher exodus data
And More!

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#Nved #NVLeg

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This morning’s NY Times referenced data from The Educational Opportunity Project

They've charted the change in average reading scores since the pandemic

Each dot is a school district

Higher dot, reading performance improved.
Lower dot, reading performance worsened.

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The highlighted bubbles represent the 10 largest districts in the US (NY did not have data)

Higher bubbles = Students have done better in reading since the pandemic

Lower bubbles = Students have done worse in reading since the pandemic

Guess which one is Clark County…

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Reading performance in CCSD has dropped by almost half a grade level since the pandemic

OVER DOUBLE the drop experienced by the next lowest district

Has it always been like this?
OR
Should the Board open its eyes to how disastrous this leadership has been for our students

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Were we ever headed in the right direction???

In the early 2000’s Nevada’s 4th graders were consistently performing about a year behind their national peers in 4th-grade reading.

But then…

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Nevada made massive investments in early literacy.

In 2019, Nevada’s 4th graders who had exposure to those investments from Kindergarten through 4th grade took the National Assessment of Educational Progress.

So, what happened….

#ThankALegislator #NVleg

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Wow!

In 2019, for the 1st time ever, Nevada’s 4th graders performed in line with their national peers

From 2009-2019, only 3 states in the US made more progress than Nevada

Our teachers, our administrators, and our community did that.
What do they all have to say now…

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The teachers who improved early literacy outcomes and closed gaps with the national average have NO CONFIDENCE in the Superintendent.

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The principals who improved early literacy outcomes and closed gaps with the national average have NO CONFIDENCE in the Superintendent. #NVed #NVleg

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The business community that supported the massive investments in early literacy that closed national gaps has NO CONFIDENCE in the Clark County School District.

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Just how disastrous has the leadership of the Clark County School District been?

Let’s look….

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At the height of the pandemic, CCSD made the biggest blunder in education history

They PAID admin to retire early resulting in the largest exodus of administrators EVER

When needed most CCSD lost:
- Top Performing Principals
- Head of Transportation
- Head of Technology

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Last year, CCSD saw the largest exodus of teachers EVER

And this does not include all the teachers that moved to fill in all the vacant administrator positions.

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This year’s teacher exodus is second only to last year’s unprecedented disaster

Just how bad is it this year?

There’s a bigger difference between this year & the next highest year than there is between the next highest year & the lowest year

#ContinuedDisaster

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Tens of thousands of parents have opted out of CCSD for their children

This is happening while the school-aged population of Clark County CONTINUES TO GROW!!!

That’s right, there are MORE school-aged children in Clark County. We are growing. The District is NOT.

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What has happened to early literacy since Nevada’s teachers, principals, and community closed seemingly insurmountable gaps for our students?
#NVed #NVleg

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While the rest of Nevada experienced a minor decrease,
CCSD’s 4th-grade reading performance completely plummeted.

CCSD went from outperforming the rest of NV to significantly below the rest of the state.

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All we hear from CCSD leadership & the School Board are excuses

Blame the community
Blame the principals
Blame the teachers

Those being blamed have proven they can do right by students

We need leadership with solutions not excuses
#WhoWillStepUp