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Consultants tell Flint board to ‘stop the bleeding’: proficiency and growth lag; trustees back urgent turnaround plan
Summary
A three‑month academic review by Green Education and the Urban Superintendent Collaborative found low M‑STEP proficiency and recommended prioritized interventions, strengthened KPIs and immediate supports for literacy and math. Trustees expressed urgency and support for consultant partnership and district action.
Consultants presenting to the Flint School District Board said the district must prioritize raising student proficiency and tighten alignment between board goals and measurable performance indicators.
Wendell Green, founder of Green Education, and Tracy Davis of the Urban Superintendent Collaborative summarized three months of site visits, classroom observations and data analysis. They told trustees their review focused on aggregate (district‑level) and disaggregate (school‑level and subgroup) measures of proficiency and growth, and on whether board performance indicators align to the district’s stated cradle‑to‑career strategic priorities.
“Flint schools have so many needs for sure,” Green said as he introduced the scope of the review and findings. Tracy Davis emphasized the technical distinction she used in the presentation: “MAP data drives instruction. M‑STEP data is only . . . given once a year to…
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