Academic Goal 2: Progress Monitoring Report | Oct. 2025

At the October Governing Board meeting, the Board received an update on the progress being made towards achieving Academic Goal #2 and interim goals 2.1 and 2.2.

Fifth graders showed a modest increase in proficiency from the previous fifth-grade cohort on AASA Math. This goal is still off-track according to AASA and Star Math results, even with slight improvements in math proficiency in grades 3-5.

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

  • Adopted Tier 1 and supplemental (Tier 2) curricular resources, including: enVision, Carnegie, iXL, and TouchMath

  • Lesson sequence and time stamps built into math unit plans to ensure appropriate pacing in daily lessons

  • 5 Es (Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, and Evaluate) model for mathematics instruction

  • Use of success criteria and exemplars during daily instruction for checks for understanding and student feedback

  • Intervention Teachers at 12 campuses

  • Math intervention block in master schedules

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

  • PLT protocol focused on creating exemplars and know/show charts for target-task alignment

  • 2 district math coaches, 1 gifted coach, 1 ESS coach for curriculum and instruction

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)

  • Monthly Principal + IC data reviews to synthesize student learning data and classroom learning walk data and identify trends.

  • Weekly data reviews during Teaching & Learning Division meetings to inform strategy and professional development

Academic Goal #2

The percent of fifth-grade students that score at Proficiency or higher on AASA Math will increase from 11% in Aug. 2023 to 45% by Aug. 2028.

Interim Goal #2.1

The percentage of students performing at Proficiency or higher on the third-grade STAR Math assessment will increase from 29.8% to 36% by May 2026

Interim Goal #2.2

The percentage of students performing at Minimally Proficient on the third-grade STAR Math Assessment will decrease from 48.8% to 40% by May 2026.