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School board approves executive dashboard metrics and signals support for district’s 90% MCA goal by 2030
Summary
After two hours of debate the ISD 194 board voted July 22 to implement an executive dashboard with a set of academic metrics and signaled alignment with the district’s long‑range target of 90% proficiency on MCAs by 2030; board asked administration for baselines and proposed leading indicators.
The ISD 194 school board voted July 22 to implement an executive dashboard and asked district staff to populate it with a set of academic metrics and baselines the board can use to set measurable goals.
The board’s motion—moved and seconded during a lengthy discussion about goals, measurement and accountability—directed staff to build an executive dashboard containing a set of academic metrics (FastBridge benchmark percentages for grades 3–8 in reading and math, MCA scores and benchmark counts, GPA distribution, course failure rate, graduation rate, average ACT, AP placement scores and a curriculum‑audit result). Board members amended the motion to add early‑childhood participation and disaggregated subgroup reporting, and the assembled board approved the package.
Director Brian Thompson said he wanted a single executive view so trustees can quickly judge district health. “If I looked at a dashboard and that says, what’s your FastBridge reading metric for grades 3 through 8, is that metric enough right now to tell you?,” Thompson said during debate; that single‑page view was central to the board’s request. Trustees also asked administration to propose a “leading‑indicator” metric—something that can be reported more frequently than annual MCA results—so the board can monitor progress in closer to real time.
Superintendent Bailey Bauman (commenting through staff) and Assistant Superintendent Tracy (unnamed in public transcript) told the board staff are already building data visualizations and have started work on a dashboard. Staff said some items will be available quickly (MCA, FastBridge and graduation data), while other leading indicators—particularly at the secondary classroom level—may require additional design and district work to ensure comparability across courses.
After board members narrowed the academic dashboard, trustees also voted to align the board with the district’s existing long‑range MCA proficiency target: 90% by 2030, with interim steps. Board members emphasized the vote is an alignment with district planning while reserving the right to request more ambitious interim targets if staff present evidence that higher targets are feasible with identified resources.
Board members asked that the dashboard include baselines and a short timeline (baseline, interim target for 2025–26 and long‑term target), and they authorized administration to return with the populated dashboard and a proposal for the leading indicator within a short timeframe so the board can convert the dashboard into time‑bound goals for the coming school year.
