Past scores led to present successes

BOARDMAN — Mahoning Valley school districts that showed improvement on the latest state report cards say using data from previous report cards added up to success.

After two years in continuous improvement status, Boardman jumped two ratings on the 2006-07 report card to excellent — the biggest gain in the valley.

It’s one of three districts in the tri-county region to earn a higher designation on the state-devised 2006-07 report cards than in the previous year.

Howland improved from effective to excellent, and Salem moved up from continuous improvement last year to effective on the most recent report cards.

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