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Superintendent urges tougher grad-plus metrics and reframed guardrails to close gaps
Summary
Superintendent Scholdner told the board Seattle Public Schools ranks near the top in aggregate outcomes but trails on measures for low-income and multilingual students; he proposed revising goals (including considering third-grade SBA rather than second-grade MAP) and rewording guardrails from prohibitions to affirmative commitments focused on equity, attendance and safety.
Superintendent Scholdner urged the Seattle School Board to broaden and tighten the district's goals and guardrails, arguing the system can be academically rigorous while also sharpening measures that reflect equity and postgraduation preparation.
"We are among the highest performing school systems on the entire West Coast in the aggregate," Scholdner said, but added a caution: "However, that is not true when you look at different groups of students." He pointed to district data showing large achievement gaps for low-income students and multilingual learners and said the board should consider new or reworded measures that better capture progress for all groups.
Scholdner floated several…
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