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Sullivan County outlines digital dashboard to track benchmark progress for students

Sullivan County School Board · December 9, 2025
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Summary

School officials presented a digital dashboard to visualize benchmark data and subgroup performance, aiming to help principals and teachers spot trends between benchmarks and target interventions without exposing student-level data.

Speaker 5 (Unidentified speaker) presented a proposed digital dashboard the district plans to pilot in three schools to help principals and teachers visualize benchmark progress and subgroup performance. "No student data on there," Speaker 5 said, stressing that the tool would show aggregated school- and subgroup-level measures rather than individual records.

The presentation focused on making data actionable: setting measurable goals, comparing first- and second-benchmark results, and showing how small changes in counts (for example, four students) can affect federal annual measurable objectives (AMOs). Speaker 5 said the dashboard would allow users to filter by subgroup, subject and grade and to compare year-to-year context so staff can see both where students are now and where they started.

Board members asked about implementation and supports. Speaker 3 noted that central staff would visit schools alongside principals and teachers to coach on interpreting filters and identifying next steps. The presenters said the rollout would begin slowly, with materials and training provided to participating principals and teachers.

Officials said the dashboard repackages existing spreadsheet data into charts and visualizations intended to increase staff engagement with the numbers. Speaker 5 said the district is preparing to add second-benchmark data as that window opens, so the system can display trajectory between benchmark 1 and benchmark 2.

Next steps: staff will refine the dashboard based on feedback from the three pilot schools (Emmett, Bluff City and Sullivan East Middle), continue principal and teacher coaching visits, and consider a phased district-wide rollout after adjustments. No formal vote or adoption of the dashboard was recorded in the transcript.