Grade 4 Family Meeting

for Students in
Required Tutoring
November 2023
Agenda

 Introduction
 Grade 4 Flowchart
 Adequate Growth
 Attendance
 Timeline
 Question and Answer Time
Introduction

 This meeting pertains to students that scored below or approaching on the 3rd
grade TCAP Achievement Test and are currently required to attend tutoring in
4th grade.
 State law mandates that these students must meet adequate growth on the
4th grade ELA TCAP Test to be promoted to the 5th grade.
 Tonight, we will review a flowchart, examine adequate growth, discuss the
importance of attendance, and review the timeline for the remainder of the
year.
 We will have a question and answer session at the end, so we ask that
families hold questions until the end of the presentation.
 The PowerPoint presentation has been posted to the KCS website.
 Finally, we want to thank you for attending this important meeting.
Grade 4 Required Tutoring Flowchart
Promoted to 4th Grade

Required Tutoring

Participate in 4th Grade TCAP (April 2024)

Did Not Meet Adequate Met Adequate Growth on 4th

Growth of 4th Grade ELA TCAP Grade ELA TCAP

Retained in Promoted
4th Grade to 5th Grade
Adequate Growth
 For those that participated in Summer Learning, approaching students were
required to make adequate growth.
 For Summer Learning, adequate growth was defined as making a 5% point gain
from the last 3rd grade ELA TCAP Achievement Test to the Summer Learning
Posttest.
 Per the law, both Below and Approaching students will be required to make
adequate growth on the 4th grade ELA TCAP Achievement Test.
 Adequate growth will be calculated differently for students with required tutoring
and participating in the 4th grade ELA TCAP Achievement Test.
 The new adequate growth will measure progress between the 3rd and 4th grade ELA
TCAP Achievement Tests.
 The state will share results after school ends; therefore, we will be unable to alert
families of retention or promotion until after the scores have been shared with us.
 The state is working on defining this and will provide information later this school
year.
 We will communicate this final information once it is released.
Importance of Attendance

 It is imperative that students attend school and tutoring.

 Attendance is critical to show growth in reading and other subjects.
 Please partner with your school to have your child(ren) in school.
2023-24 Fourth Grade Promotion Timeline

 December 4-15: Benchmark 2 window

 January 16: Benchmark 2 student reports with projected performance levels
 February 26-March 8: Final benchmark window
 March 21: Final benchmark student reports with projected performance
levels
 April 15-30: TCAP Achievement Test window
 Late May to Early June: State notification of adequate growth progress
 Late May to Early June: KCS notifies families of promotions and retentions
 June 3-28 (tentative): Summer Learning Camp
Question and Answer Time

This presentation has been

posted on the KCS website.