Seattle schools improved in almost all measurement categories last year, but the gains were small enough that the district is planning to scale back its achievement goals, officials said Tuesday.
The announcement came during a presentation of Seattle Public Schools' annual scorecard, which compiles districtwide and school-by-school reports of test scores, graduation rates and attendance numbers, among other data.
While this year's scorecard showed the district made improvement toward 18 of its 23 goals last year, officials acknowledged the progress was too small for all but three of those goals to be achieved by 2013, the year targeted by a strategic plan adopted in 2007.
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