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Richfield superintendent presents second-draft evaluation goals; board presses for better student tracking to avoid coded dropouts
Summary
Superintendent Steve Yudnowski presented a second draft of his 2025–26 evaluation goals Sept. 15, tying district progress monitoring and third‑ and eighth‑grade achievement targets to his formal evaluation and urging more aggressive follow-up to prevent students from being coded as dropouts.
Superintendent Steve Yudnowski presented a second draft of his 2025–26 goals to the Richfield School Board on Sept. 15, linking 35% of his evaluation to student achievement targets, 35% to process goals and 30% to overall evaluation measures. The goals emphasize screening and progress monitoring (FastBridge), targeted gains in third‑grade reading and eighth‑grade math, and a districtwide graduation-rate target of 90% across demographic groups.
Yudnowski told the board the district chose third and eighth grades as transition points—third grade as readers move from “learning to read” to “reading to learn,” and eighth grade as a predictor for future math…
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