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DAYTON—Dayton Elementary Principal Denise Smith and High School Principal Kristina Brown both gave reports during the Dayton School Board meeting last week.

Sept. 19 was a late start day, and a trainer for the iReady assessment tool was on hand to help staff with the data, and how to use the software appropriately for assessing students in Reading and Math.

Elementary Principal Denise Smith said the first benchmark testing for iReady is complete.

“We are starting to dig into the data, to develop groupings to meet the needs of students,” she said. “We will be having data meetings by...