Students at Butler Elementary School in Iowa will be greeted by several changes when they resume classes for the new school year, including more classmates and classrooms, The Messenger reported.
The closing of Hillcrest Elementary School in Fort Dodge is the reason behind Butler’s larger student population, according to the news source. The institution accepted all of Hillcrest’s pupils, as well as other learners from the district. As a result, there are now more than 460 pupils at Butler.
To accommodate all of these students, Butler has extended its facility to include four new classrooms, the news outlet reported. In addition, four Hillcrest teachers have transitioned to Butler, where instructors now meet for 40 minutes each day to discuss their students’ progress.
As a result of the school’s physical and academic changes, students’ test scores have increased, especially in the areas of math and reading, the news source reported. Butler now boasts 82 percent proficiency in reading, which is above the 40th percentile on the Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS).
This assessment is designed by the University of Iowa College of Education to test the abilities of students in kindergarten through the eighth grade, according to the institution’s website.
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