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Cleveland school board advances draft student‑outcomes goals, holds community listening session on guardrails
Summary
Board presented three draft five‑year goals — early literacy, Algebra I proficiency and college/career readiness — and three “CEO shall not” guardrails. The board is soliciting community feedback and will work with the CEO to set interim performance measures.
The Cleveland Board of Education continued community engagement on a set of districtwide goals and guardrails the board has drafted to center governance on measurable student outcomes.
Chair Ellicott opened the work session by summarizing the student‑outcomes focused governance shift the board began in 2023 and introduced a facilitated listening session led by board member Welch Howell to gather public feedback on the draft goals and guardrails.
The board presented three draft goals. The first is an early‑literacy target: the percentage of third‑grade students proficient in English language arts, which the board said was 35 percent in August 2024, is to rise to 60 percent by August 2030. The second is a math proficiency target tied to Algebra I for first‑time test takers with a target date of August…
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