At the September Governing Board meeting, the Board received an update on the progress being made towards achieving Academic Goal #1 and interim goals 1.2 and 1.3.
While fourth-grade improved on AASA from 21.7% in 2024 to 24.9% in 2025, the Student Growth Percentile average was relatively low (45.5). Similar to Goal 3, ELA is making proficiency improvements, but will need to make greater academic gains to meet this year’s target goal of 33%.
Key Inputs
Curriculum and Instruction
Planning and pacing aligned with the district’s Essential Standards Curriculum Maps and Unit Plans; “The Essential 5” guidance for daily lesson planning
ELP standards and learning targets, along with EL scaffolds, embedded in Essential Standards Curriculum Maps and Unit Plans
Adopted Tier 1 and Tier 2 curricular resources, including: – HMH, SIPPS, UFLI Foundations, iXL
Reading Priority Plans implemented in all K-5 ELA classrooms
Use of success criteria and exemplars during daily instruction for checks for understanding and student feedback
Intervention Teachers at 12 campuses (prioritizing Reading intervention in K-5)
Instructional Support, Professional Development, Collaboration, and Feedback
Observation/Feedback protocol utilized by site principals and instructional coaches for teacher coaching
Get Better Faster tool utilized by site principals and instructional coaches for focusing teacher feedback
2 district ELA coaches, 1 ESS coach for curriculum and instruction
Common District-wide PLT template, incorporating the Weekly Data Meeting protocol for analyzing and responding to student formative assessment data
Planning with exemplars for daily instruction
RSD Professional Learning Team rubric for feedback to school Instructional Leadership Teams
Monitoring and Evaluation
District learning walk tool used for weekly learning walks by both site and district leadership in order to capture data on instruction to inform feedback and action plans
Day-long site visits to each campus to observe instruction, capture observation data, provide feedback to instructional leadership teams, and inform action plans (September and February)
Academic Goal #1
The percent of fourth-grade students who score at Proficiency or higher on AASA ELA will increase from 20% in Aug. 2023 to 45% by Aug. 2028.
Interim Goal #1.2
The percentage of students performing at Proficiency or higher on the second-grade STAR Reading Assessment will increase from 28.9% to 35% by May 2026
Interim Goal #1.3
The percentage of students performing at Minimally Proficient on the second-grade STAR Reading Assessment will decrease from 59.7% to 45% by May 2026.