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Trustees approve six annual objectives for district performance plan and delay growth-measure decision for high school
Summary
The board approved six of seven annual objectives used to build the district performance plan and deferred one objective about growth measurement for grades 9–12 so staff can provide more information about high-school assessment usage.
The Lyon County School District Board of Trustees approved six of the seven annual objectives that will form the district performance plan for 2025–26 but deferred action on Objective 1, which addresses student-growth measurement at the secondary level.
Deputy Superintendent Dawn Huckabee told trustees the objectives were developed during a four-hour board workshop and that the plan is due April 15 to the Nevada Department of Education. Trustees asked for clarification about which assessments could provide beginning-of-year and end-of-year growth measures for high school students.
Trustees and staff discussed options in high schools: continuing the NWEA MAP assessments for 9th and 10th grades (which provide repeatable growth measures), using I-Ready in earlier grades (K–8), or relying on the ACT/WorkKeys data for higher grades. Several trustees said MAP provides district-level, teacher-level and student-level growth information during the school year, while others noted that MAP and I-Ready both have strengths and that WorkKeys and ACT are one-time measures that do not support midyear adjustments in the same way.
Deputy Superintendent Huckabee agreed to consult high-school administrators about how they currently use MAP and whether the district can standardize its approach at the secondary level. The board voted to approve objectives 2 through 7 immediately and to hold Objective 1 for final approval after staff returns with information from high-school principals and administrators; trustees also discussed holding a workshop to finalize Objective 1 in time to meet state reporting deadlines.
Board President Hendricks said the postponement was procedural: the district needs reliable, comparable growth data before committing to a district-wide growth measure that includes grades 9–12. The motion to approve objectives 2–7 (leaving Objective 1 pending) passed unanimously.
