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Phoenix Union adopts interim CCRI targets and unveils student‑level dashboard to track college and career readiness
Summary
Board approved interim goals to raise freshman and sophomore credit currency and to increase juniors' average college (blue) and career (red) CCRI points; staff demonstrated a new PowerBI dashboard that surfaces individual student progress to help counselors and principals target supports.
The Phoenix Union High School District governing board adopted interim goals March 4 aimed at increasing students’ college and career readiness metrics and approved district staff use of a new student‑level dashboard to monitor progress.
The adopted interim targets call for modest increases in credit currency and CCRI point averages by August 2026: raise the percentage of ninth graders earning at least 5.5 credits from 80% to 82; increase the percent of 10th graders earning at least 11.5 credits from 75% to 77; and lift juniors’ average college‑readiness (blue) points from 0.97 to 1.17 and career‑readiness (red) points from 0.98 to 1.18.
Why it matters: The College and Career Readiness Index (CCRI) aggregates indicators such as course completion, AP/IB scores, dual enrollment, technical assessments and certificates. Staff said earning one blue and one red point typically equates to 20 district CCRI points, which factor into the state school letter grade calculation.
What staff showed: District staff demonstrated an interactive PowerBI dashboard that can be filtered by campus and grade and drilled down to individual students, enabling counselors and principals to identify students missing credit currency or unreported qualifying outcomes. Mr. Camp, who led the technical portion of the presentation, credited team members (including a data analyst recognized in the meeting) with turning complex CCRI data into usable visuals for campus decision‑makers.
Board action: After questions from board members about seals, arts pathways, reporting of dual‑enrollment and Accuplacer results, the board voted to adopt the interim goals as presented.
Implementation notes: Staff said several data sources remain work in progress (e.g., automated exchanges with dual‑enrollment partners and verification of some student‑reported Accuplacer scores). District leaders asked for continued work to automate data flows so campus counselors can rely less on manual reporting.
Sources: Presentations and roll call recorded during the March 4 board meeting; staff commentary on dashboard functions and data limitations.
