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Board adds M-STEP baseline to superintendent goals; debate centers on which tests to use for evaluation
Summary
Board members debated whether to include M-STEP data alongside NWEA and PSAT/SAT as part of superintendent evaluation baseline data and voted to add a single M-STEP baseline subgoal to the superintendent's goals for fall planning.
The L'Anse Creuse Board of Education voted March 31 to approve the superintendent's short-term goals and added a subgoal directing the superintendent to develop baseline data from the spring 2025 M-STEP assessment.
Board members discussed which standardized assessments should inform short-term performance targets. Several members supported the NWEA and PSAT/SAT measures because those tests are commonly used to measure growth and college-readiness benchmarks; other members advocated including M-STEP because it is the state assessment commonly published to the public and used for district comparisons.
Mr. Sellers proposed adding M-STEP baseline data alongside the other assessments. Some board members, including Mr. Davila, cautioned that M-STEP is not a year-to-year growth measure in the same way as NWEA and that relying on it for evaluations could produce misleading conclusions. The superintendent, Keith Howell, said administration could prepare language and baseline analysis for the M-STEP but asked for time to review the data first.
After discussion the board approved the superintendent's goals with the added M-STEP baseline subgoal. The motion passed by voice vote; the board did not assign a numerical target at this meeting and directed the superintendent to return baseline analysis for use in setting next-year goals and for the fall evaluation process.
Why it matters: adding M-STEP baseline data means the district will formally prepare state-assessment results for board review and future goal-setting. Board members framed the addition as establishing baseline information rather than adopting a weighted evaluation metric for this evaluation cycle.
What happens next: the superintendent will prepare the M-STEP baseline report and bring it to the board for review in the fall; the board noted the current goals cover a shorter-than-normal evaluation window (six months) and will revisit goal weighting during the next evaluation cycle.
