Board hears monitoring report on Goal 4: postsecondary readiness; staff says class of 2024 exceeded target

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools staff presented the board with a monitoring report on Goal 4 — the district’s postsecondary readiness measure that tracks whether graduates are enrolled, enlisted or employed. The staff update, delivered by Beth Thompson, chief of strategy and innovation, reported that the district’s 2023–24 graduating cohort exceeded its projected target for students meeting at least one of seven indicators.

Why it matters: Goal 4 is one of four student-outcome governance goals the board adopted. The indicators — including grade-level proficiency on end‑of‑course (EOC) assessments, ACT/SAT performance, and higher-education credit — are used to measure whether students leave high school with pathways to postsecondary education, the military or employment.

Thompson said the graduating cohort exceeded the projected target for 2023–24: the board’s projected target for the cohort was 74 percent and the reported actual was 76 percent. The staff presentation highlighted specific indicator changes: the percentage of students meeting indicator 1 (grade‑level proficiency on at least three required EOC assessments) rose by…