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Superintendent's Goal 1

Superintendent's Goal 1

Superintendent's Goal 1: Organizational Culture of Achievement

Structures and routines to build staff capacity

High quality teaching

Successful outcomes for learners

Key Performance Indicators

1. Increase the percent of students “on track” in 9th grade by two percentage points each year with no student group receiving special services falling below 80%.

Student Group*	Percent of Students On-Track**
Student Group*	2022(n=3,588)	2023 (n=3,382)
All Students	90	89
Asian	95	96
Black/African American	86	86
Hispanic/Latino	85	80
Two or More Races	92	89
White	92	93
Free/Reduced Meals	80	78
Multilingual Learner	71	62
Students with Disabilities	77	73
* Student groups with less than 10 students are not shown. ** Percent based on total number of students within the student group.

2. Increase the percent of students meeting CCR requirements in both ELA and Math at the end of 10th grade based on Blueprint reporting by 20 percentage points each year for the next four years. (Baseline 2021-2022).

Student Group*		Percent of Students Meeting CCR Requirements by End of Grade 10
		Current CCR Standard*							MSDE Proposed CCR Standard**
		ELA		Math		Both			Both
		2022	2023	2022	2023	2022		2023	2023
All Students*		71	74	5	27	5		26	66
Asian		90	92	17	56	17		55	86
Black/African American		57	69	***	16	***		15	55
Hispanic/Latino		48	55	***	13	***		13	52
Two or More Races		70	77	6	32	5		31	65
White		80	81	5	32	5		32	73
Free/Reduced Meals		46	55	13	13	12		13	47
Multilingual Learner		6	11	***	***	***		***	32
Students with Disabilities		25	28	***	6	***		6	36
*Current CCR Standard: MCAP ENGLISH 10/MCAP ALG I/II or GEO/MATH SAT **MSDE Proposed CCR Standard: MCAP ENGLISH 10, MCAP ALGEBRA I, MATH SAT/GPA 3.0 Note: Students may count for both race/ethnicity and special services in multiple student groups. *** Data suppression rules applied, n＜10, or ＜5% or＞95%.

3. Increase the number of students attending preK at each tier by 12% each year.

Student Group	Number of Students Enrolled in Full-Day Pre-K by Tier**
	Tier 1		Tier 2		Tier 3		Total
	2023 Baseline	2024**	2023 Baseline	2024**	2023 Baseline	2024**	2023 Baseline	2024**
All Students*	749	909	144	227	74	136	967	1272
Asian	29	56	13	29	11	12	53	97
Black/African American	175	186	22	32	17	31	214	249
Hispanic/Latino	278	332	14	31	10	30	302	393
Two or More Races	70	67	10	19	*	*	87	94
White	194	261	84	113	29	55	307	429
Free/Reduced Meals	562	639	17	39	23	45	602	723
Multilingual Learner	***	268	***	37	***	23	***	328
Students with Disabilities	45	63	20	48	24	95	89	206
* Student groups with less than 10 are not shown. Preliminary data (as of October 9, 2023; subject to change based on final enrollment file). Source: State reporting, September 30 attendance *Not reported in 2022-2023

4. Increase the percent of grades 3-8 students scoring proficient and distinguished in each student group, each year, by three percentage points on MCAP ELA and six percentage points on MCAP Math using a cohort model (baseline 2021-2022).

ELA Grades 3-8

Student Group*	MCAP ELA Cohort Grades 3-8: Percent of Students Proficient or Distinguished
	2022 Cohort Grade 3*		2022 Cohort Grade 4**		2022 Cohort Grade 5***		2023 Cohort Grade 3^
	2022 (n=3,131)	2023 (n=3,055)	2022 (n=3,126)	2023 (n=3,060)	2022 (n=3,278)	2023 (n=3,185)	2023 (n=3,368)
All Students	55	59	57	53	52	59	60
Asian	77	79	74	72	82	86	82
Black/African American	45	49	50	43	40	48	52
Hispanic/Latino	39	43	41	38	37	41	42
Two or More Races	49	62	59	52	51	62	58
White	61	64	62	59	57	65	66
Free/Reduced Meals	32	39	37	33	31	39	40
Multilingual Learner	24	22	22	7	10	4	19
Students with Disabilities	16	14	18	13	13	14	23
Data excludes students who were retained in any grade. * Includes only the same students enrolled in Grade 3 in 2022 and Grade 4 in 2023. Includes only the same students enrolled in Grade 4 in 2022 and Grade 5 in 2023. * Includes only the same students enrolled in Grade 5 in 2022 and Grade 6 in 2023. ^ Includes students enrolled in Grade 3 in 2023.

Student Group*	MCAP ELA Cohort Grades 3-8: Percent of Students Proficient or Distinguished
	2022 Cohort Grade 6*		2022 Cohort Grade 7**		2022 Cohort Grade 8***
	2022 (n=3,258	2023 (n=3,194)	2022 (n=3,309)	2023 (n=3,256)	2022 (n=3,360)
All Students	54	58	52	57	49
Asian	75	79	80	80	79
Black/African American	42	48	39	44	36
Hispanic/Latino	34	39	35	37	30
Two or More Races	55	58	46	55	49
White	61	65	59	65	56
Free/Reduced Meals	29	36	25	31	26
Multilingual Learner	3	4	2	4	3
Students with Disabilities	10	13	11	16	9
Data excludes students who were retained in any grade. * Includes only the same students enrolled in Grade 6 in 2022 and Grade 7 in 2023. Includes only the same students enrolled in Grade 7 in 2022 and Grade 8 in 2023. * Includes students enrolled in Grade 8 in 2022.

MCAP Math Grades 3-8

Student Group*	MCAP Math Grades 3-8: Percent of Students Proficient or Distinguished
	2022 Cohort Grade 3		2022 Cohort Grade 4		2022 Cohort Grade 5		2023 Cohort Grade 3
	2022 (n=3,149)	2023 (n=3,054)	2022 (n=3,152)	2023 (n=3,060)	2022 (n=3,294)	2023 (n=3,186)	2023 (n=3,391)
All Students	50	45	37	38	35	26	55
Asian	77	72	60	64	64	58	77
Black/African American	34	29	26	24	22	17	44
Hispanic/Latino	32	27	21	22	20	12	38
Two or More Races	47	46	37	39	28	20	50
White	56	52	44	45	41	30	61
Free/Reduced Meals	26	24	18	18	14	9	33
Multilingual Learner	16	11	12	6	4	≤1	20
Students with Disabilities	16	13	12	9	9	6	24
Data excludes students who were retained in any grade. * Includes only the same students enrolled in Grade 3 in 2022 and Grade 4 in 2023. Includes only the same students enrolled in Grade 4 in 2022 and Grade 5 in 2023. * Includes only the same students enrolled in Grade 5 in 2022 and Grade 6 in 2023. ^ Includes students enrolled in Grade 3 in 2023.

Student Group*	MCAP Math Cohort Grades 6-8: Percent of Students Proficient or Distinguished
	2022 Cohort Grade 6*		2022 Cohort Grade 7**		2022 Cohort Grade 8***
	2022 (n=3,243)	2023 (n=3,196)	2022 (n=3,312)	2023 (n=3,329)	2022 (n=3,523)
All Students	23	29	26	33	28
Asian	52	61	59	76	59
Black/African American	13	18	16	21	14
Hispanic/Latino	9	11	13	16	15
Two or More Races	18	24	21	24	24
White	26	35	30	39	33
Free/Reduced Meals	7	11	7	11	9
Multilingual Learner	≤1	≤1	2	2	≤1
Students with Disabilities	4	5	5	8	5
Data excludes students who were retained in any grade. For math, students are combined by grade level regardless of the math assessment they took (e.g., Math Grade 7, Math Grade 8, Algebra I or II, or Geometry). * Includes only the same students enrolled in Grade 6 in 2022 and Grade 7 in 2023. Includes only the same students enrolled in Grade 7 in 2022 and Grade 8 in 2023. * Includes students enrolled in Grade 8 in 2022.

5. Increase the high school graduation rate to 95%, have no gap greater than two percentage points by race/ethnicity group and increase special service student groups by percentage points each year (baseline 2021-2022). Decrease the high school dropout rates for each student group, each year by two percentage points or maintain less than 5% (baseline 2021-2022).

Data coming soon.

6. Increase the percent of students not chronically absent in each student group by 5% or maintain 95% or above (baseline 2021-2022).

Student Group *		Percent of Students Not Chronically Absent
		All		Elementary		Middle		High
		2022**	2023	2022**	2023	2022**	2023	2022**		2023
All Students**		74.0	79.3	74.8	80.9	74.9	80.0	72.2		76.6
Asian		84.6	87.1	82.4	85.7	87.6	90.7	85.8		86.5
Black/African American		75.5	80.8	77.4	83.3	75.9	82.4	72.6		76.4
Hispanic/Latino		65.5	72.6	65.5	73.3	69.6	77.7	62.6		68.1
Two or More Races		68.9	75.3	69.6	77.2	69.0	73.8	67.2		72.8
White		76.6	81.1	78.4	83.3	75.5	79.5	75.0		79.6
Free/Reduced Meals		60.1	69.2	62.4	72.1	61.1	71.1	55.5		63.5
Multilingual Learner		64.9	72.5	67.7	75.5	71.2	76.9	53.8		62.7
Students with Disabilities		63.9	69.7	67.2	72.8	62.9	68.0	59.8		66.2
* Student groups with less than 10 students are not shown. ** 2021-2022 = Baseline data; Data reflect COVID-19 protocols. 2021-2022 data include data corrections/updates since presentation on April 19, 2023. Source: RADAR/FCPS data reporting tool, 10.25.23

7. Decrease the percent of students suspended out of school in each student group by 1% (or maintain below 1%); no student group greater than 5%; and have no schools identified as disproportionate in suspension by MSDE (baseline 2021-2022).

Student Group*		Out-Of-School Suspension Rates
		All		Elementary		Middle		High
		2022**	2023	2022**	2023	2022**	2023	2022**		2023
All Students*		3.0	3.3	≤1	≤1	5.6	6.0	4.7		4.7
Asian		≤1	≤1	≤1	≤1	1.4	1.8	1.1		1.1
Black/African American		6.3	6.8	≤1	1.6	11.2	12.4	9.4		9.3
Hispanic/Latino		3.3	3.2	≤1	≤1	6.2	6.6	5.4		4.7
Two or More Races		3.6	4.6	≤1	1.6	7.6	8.6	5.9		7.1
White		2.2	2.4	≤1	≤1	4.0	4.1	3.3		3.5
Free/Reduced Meals		5.2	6.3	≤1	1.6	10.5	11.8	8.0		9.1
Multilingual Learner		3.7	3.6	≤1	≤1	9.3	9.4	7.9		5.9
Students with Disabilities		7.7	7.3	2.1	2.6	12.5	11.9	11.9		10.5
* Student groups with less than 10 students are not shown. Students may count for both race/ethnicity and special services in multiple student groups. ** 2021-2022 = Baseline data. 2021-2022 data include data corrections/updates since presentation on April 19, 2023. Source: RADAR/FCPS data reporting tool, 10.25.23

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