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Cincinnati board debates scoring, stretch targets in superintendent evaluation
Summary
Board members questioned proposed scoring weights and stretch targets for Superintendent Murphy’s evaluation, sparring over whether academic goals are high enough and whether midyear goal changes are appropriate.
The Cincinnati Public Schools Board of Education spent more than an hour on Feb. 10 debating how to score and set targets for Superintendent Laura Murphy’s evaluation, concentrating on how much weight to give student outcomes and whether recently raised “stretch” targets are achievable.
Board members objected to both the draft scoring rubric and some proposed numerical goals, with several saying the district should set higher expectations for student achievement rather than what one member called targets “in the bottom half” of comparable districts. Superintendent Murphy and board member Benjamin Crossett presented a proposed spreadsheet that would allocate 60% of the…
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