Agenda Item
Meeting Date:
2/17/2023 - 7:00 PM  
Category:
Accountability and Research  
Type:
Info  
Subject:
Performance Matters Project Overview  
ACPS 2025 Strategic Plan Goal:
Goal 1: Systemic Alignment
ACPS will build a culture of continuous improvement and design equitable systems for school and instructional improvement.
Goal 2: Instructional Excellence
ACPS will ensure that all students have access to and engagement with high-quality instruction.
Goal 5: Family and Community Engagement
ACPS will ensure that all families and community members feel welcomed, respected, and valued.
 
Policy:
IGBJ - Academic Excellence and Educational Equity  
Funding Source or Fiscal Impact (where applicable):
 
File Attachment:
230217_Board_Brief_Performance_Matters_Project_Overview_v1.pdf
 
Agenda Item Summary:
This brief provides a high-level overview of the current project plan across three design and implementation phases for the Performance Matters System. Performance Matters has been identified as the system that will support the division in the three key areas of: parental access to historical assessment results; formatively monitoring individual student progress through a Student Success System (previously termed Early Warning System); and monitoring MTSS interventions at the student, classroom, school, and division levels to accelerate learning and close student learning gaps. The monitoring system represents ACPS’ focus on transforming the division into a learning organization and identifying high-yield strategies to transform structures and systems that perpetuate racial and educational inequities that lead to marginalization and disparate achievement outcomes for certain student groups.  
Background:
A core planning team with members from Accountability and Research, Teaching, Learning and Leadership, and Technology Services is leading a collaborative process in designing and implementing a division-wide, integrated progress monitoring system that utilizes available instructional, assessment, intervention and behavioral data to identify students who are in need of targeted support to successfully attain crucial educational milestones. The scope and timeline for the three phases of the project are presented in the brief.  
Recommendation
The Interim Superintendent recommends that the School Board review the Performance Matters project plan summary for possible planning, procedural, and programmatic changes.  
Approvals:
Recommended By:
Signed By:
Dr. Clinton Page - Chief Accountability Officer
Signed By:  
Dr. Melanie Kay-Wyatt - Interim Superintendent