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Okemos superintendent outlines five-year targets: 80% proficiency, 100% individualized NWEA growth and attendance improvements

Okemos Board of Education · September 25, 2025
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Summary

Superintendent Hood presented proposed board-level strategic goals including 80% proficiency targets on M-STEP/PSAT/SAT, 100% NWEA growth (individualized), a rise in attendance to 96% and a reduction in chronic absenteeism from 16.8% to 12.5% over five years.

Superintendent Hood presented the district's strategic-planning framework and five proposed board-level goal areas, explaining which datasets the board will use to monitor progress and how often those updates should appear on the board calendar. The presentation focused on high-level "board-level" metrics rather than day-to-day classroom data.

Key academic goals announced included a five-year target of 80% of students meeting proficiency or…

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