In the fall of 2017, the school board established several rigorous performance targets that have done an excellent job of focusing our efforts toward improving learning for students. Under a mandate from the State of Washington, these goals were expanded and extended in September 2019 via board resolution 19-08.
The improvement of student learning is a complex, multi-faceted, and difficult task. There are so many variables that it is often hard to determine what efforts and interventions will have the most impact.
We have and must continue to operate through the lens of the “whole-child,” recognizing that each child is more than a grade and more than a test score. We too must balance this view with the reality that, for us to prepare children for career, life, and college, we must ensure that each student leaves our schools with a diploma that is more than a piece of paper. It must represent a decent level of literacy, mathematical competence, and knowledge of key subjects, like civics, history, the arts, and science. We continue to refine our understanding and definition of what it looks like for students to leave our doors - college, career, and life ready.
Over the past three years, we have become increasingly focused on accessing and utilizing data to provide information on our progress on an ongoing and consistent basis. Data-analysis tools, interim assessments such as iReady, and increased focus on metrics beyond the state-mandated assessments have given us a much better lens to understand the impacts of our efforts.
The board will have an opportunity to thoroughly review the results of efforts of Woodland Public Schools in 2018-2019 and this fall to move toward meeting the performance targets.
Targets 1/5/6
(Shoup & Uhlenkott)
Targets 2/7
(Hall & Colvard)
Targets 3/4
(Johnston, Pearl, Huddleston)
Group A
5:50-6:20
6:20-6:50
6:50-7:20
Group B