District administrators on Tuesday presented a draft strategic-plan scorecard that they said is intended to give the public a multi-year view of progress on the Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District strategic plan through 2030. The presentation described nine sections of indicators — from student success and curriculum to personnel and facilities — and used a blue/green/yellow/red key to show baseline, on-target, caution and failing indicators.

The scorecard presentation, led by Mister Liebman, was framed as an early snapshot and described as “a draft” showing the data the district currently has available. “This is first it’s a draft. So what we’re looking at now is a snapshot of the data that we currently have accessible to us,” Mister Liebman said. He said the district plans to post a full-year version in July once end-of-year data are finalized.

Board members pressed administrators on the timing and granularity of measures. One member asked whether the district could produce an earlier baseline for the Foundations phonics program — rather than waiting until an end-of-year report — and whether universal-screening data from September could be used to create an interim baseline. Administrators said universal screener results exist and that teachers are still completing professional training and QA steps; they said the district is weighing whether to report class-by-class baselines or aggregate elementary-level measures.

Administrators also described how state-reported assessment windows affect the timing of other indicators. Liebman explained that some state data arrive under an embargo and are not publicly released until October, limiting how fast the district can display official, comparable figures. He said the district will use in-house assessments and building-level scorecards to provide more timely feedback to principals and the public.

Board members requested additional disaggregation and suggested adding AP pass rates, not just participation, to the scorecard. Mister Liebman agreed to include AP outcomes in an upcoming NJGPI/high-school assessment presentation. Several board members said the chart’s color coding made trends easier to see and useful for budget prioritization.

Administrators noted open items in the draft: several indicators rely on first-year baselines (for example, Foundations phonics and work-based learning participation), and some personnel and community-engagement metrics will improve as new processes are embedded. They said updated staff-morale survey results are due after winter break and that building-level scorecards will be introduced next year to show more rapid, local change.

The district framed the scorecard as both an accountability tool for the board and a communications tool for the public: the full-year version will be posted on the district website and presented again in spring and at year-end. Board members and administrators agreed to return to the topic at the January strategic update and to consider more frequent in-house measures to track short-term progress.