Mosinee administrators unveil building-level local report cards tied to school improvement plans

Mosinee School District administrators on Feb. 13 presented draft building‑level local report cards and described plans to roll those up into a district report card next school year.

Administrators said the effort is intended to give families and the community more current, research‑based measures of student readiness than the state report card, which the district receives months after it is compiled and sometimes contains data that are two years old. "When we look at the state report card…that data is 2 years old," an administrator said. "We wanted more accurate lead data to use to generate and monitor our improvement cycle."

The local report cards use indicators from the Redefining Ready framework — a research‑based approach to broaden the measures of student post‑secondary readiness beyond standardized tests. For high school, administrators described multiple college‑ and career‑ready indicators including GPA, AP or dual‑credit performance, industry credentials, attendance, workplace learning experiences and community service hours. "GPA, in which you work on on a daily basis, is a strong indicator of post‑secondary success as long as it's paired with other college ready indicators," an administrator said.

Administrators said the district’s immediate goal is building‑level alignment and usability during the school year; a district‑level report card and a public release are planned for the next school year. "Our goal moving forward then is to utilize that into building our district improvement plan as a whole… and then, looking to release that official version, next school year," an administrator said.

The board and administrators discussed how local report cards can make school improvement work more actionable and how they might strengthen ties to students’ Academic and Career Planning (ACP) goals, employer engagement and community support. Administrators cited teachers’ and building leadership input and acknowledged the need to develop data collection systems for more granular, student‑level indicators over time.

The presentation included examples of building‑level spotlight items — for example, service projects, participation in clubs and school‑level growth measures — and showed three draft report cards included in the board packet. Administrators said the district will continue to refine measures and work with CESA 9 on possible joint communications to the community.

Why it matters: Administrators said local report cards will let the district track current performance and improvement in near real time, provide clearer conversation points for families, and connect schools with local employers for workplace learning opportunities.

Next steps: Administrators will use the building report cards to create a district improvement plan and plan a public release next school year; they said staff will work toward more student‑level tracking of the indicators.