River Falls superintendent outlines edits to strategic plan scorecard, cites Act 20 impact on literacy screening
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Superintendent David presented a revised strategic-plan scorecard refining targets for academic growth, employee metrics and engagement; he said Act 20 prompted a move to a single K–5 reading screener and some special-education tracking will resume in later years.
Superintendent David presented the River Falls School District's updated strategic-plan scorecard, telling the board the district clarified targets and measurement details across three priority areas—academic achievement ("River Falls Learns"), workforce metrics ("River Falls Works") and community engagement ("Connects").
David said the district tightened wording and adjusted tracking after administrative and board retreats. "We set our scorecard last year…then tracked all of that for one year," he said, adding that the changes reflect a focus on ‘‘stretch targets’’ and improved lead measures. He called out recent changes to how literacy growth is measured, noting that "Act 20 has impacted how we measure literacy growth at the elementary level." The district used separate screeners for K–2 and 3–5 in 2024–25 but will move to a single K–5 screener going forward and combine reporting in the 2025–27 window.
On academic outcomes, David flagged competitive school-report-card results and growth on ACT and AP exams as points of progress. He said the district clarified the Meyer Middle School goal language and paused some special-education tracking for 2024–25 because "we didn't feel like there was enough data there" and will resume data reporting in subsequent years.
Under employee measures, David said the district clarified how it counts "NA" responses on job-satisfaction surveys and narrowed comparable districts to regional peers; he noted improvements in staff retention and satisfaction. On engagement, the board clarified definitions of chronic absenteeism and parent connectedness survey items and separated dual enrollment, advanced-placement and industry-credential measures so each is tracked distinctly.
The superintendent said the scorecard is available online and will be used as the basis for monthly building- and director-level reports tied to the strategic plan. No formal action was required; the presentation was informational.