Pasco board approves superintendent annual objectives emphasizing "significant improvement" beyond standard error

Aug 27, 2025

The board voted unanimously to adopt annual objectives that will frame Superintendent Michelle Whitney’s evaluation, focusing on reading, math (algebra completion) and on‑track‑for‑graduation measures and defining “significant improvement” as gains outside an assessment’s standard error.

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The Pasco School Board unanimously approved annual objectives for Superintendent Michelle Whitney that will frame the 2025–26 evaluation cycle, emphasizing reading, algebra completion and ninth‑grade on‑track‑for‑graduation measures. Whitney told the board the objectives incorporate board feedback and a clarification from a consultant to define “significant improvement” as "improvement outside the standard error."

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