KIPP Academy Massachusetts
Minutes
KIPP MA Teaching and Learning Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Monday April 6, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Location
Committee Members Present
D. Borchard (remote), E. Severinghaus (remote), K. Pinto (remote), V. Riley (remote), V. Rivera (remote)
Committee Members Absent
E. Bergman, I. Solano
Guests Present
E. DoBell (remote)
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Approve Minutes
Space was made for questions about the previous meeting minutes.
D.
Welcome new members!
II. Teaching and Learning
A.
Student & Family Experience Updates
B.
MCAS Strategy Updates
A member of the KIPP MA provided updates on KIPP MA's MCAS Strategy.
A member of the Committee asked about the distance between middle of year projections and practice MCAS results.
Members of the committee provided insight into what to present to the Board and on what systems, time and tools should be used to analyze and respond to data at the school-level.
The Committee asked questions about high school MCAS preparation, which is less of a focus in this year's plan given historical performance.
A member of the Committee asked about the longitudinal predictions of iReady.
A member of the KIPP MA Team shared the regional strategy for maximizing the 13 days between the ELA and Math MCAS.
C.
SY26-27 Assessment Strategy Preview
A member of the KIPP MA Team previewed the SY26-27 Assessment Strategy (Foundation Goals & Interim Assessments).
Space was made for questions and feedback.
An updated version will be brought back to the Committee at an upcoming meeting.
The Committee discussed potential items for future meetings:
- ACT official results, if available
- HS MCAS preparation headlines and topics
- Learnings from progress monitoring this year and reflections the team is taking into next year
- Learnings from curriculum implementation this year and its impact on student learning
- Learnings from MCAS preparation from teacher/leader interview/surveys
A member of the KIPP MA team shared updates from the Committee's previous discussion on results from family and student surveys.
The KIPP MA Team is building a series of academic Family Town Halls and working more closely with Deans of Students to improve school culture.